كمان

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Arabic

Pronunciation

Noun

كَمَان • (kamān) m

  1. (music) violin

Egyptian Arabic

Adverb

كمان • (kamān)

  1. too (likewise)
  2. in addition
  3. even
    Synonym: حتّى (ḥattā)
    دا كمان عايزني أعمل له شغله ― dā kamān ʿāyezni ʾiʿmil lo šuḡlo ― he even wants me to do his work for him

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Arabic كَمَا أَنْ (kamā ʔan, “as that”).

Adverb

كمان • (kamān)

  1. also
  2. more
  3. in addition
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Persian کمان (kamân).

Noun

كمان • (kamān) m (plural كمانات (kamānāt))

  1. violin
See also

North Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

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Adverb

كمان • (kamēn)

  1. also, too, as well
  2. more

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian کمان (kamân, “bow, arch”).

Noun

كمان • (keman)

  1. an archery bow
    Synonym: یای (yay)
  2. (astronomy) Sagittarius, a constellation of the Zodiac
  3. (astrology) Sagittarius, a zodiac sign
  4. violin, fiddle

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: keman
  • → Armenian: քեման (kʻeman)
  • → Northern Kurdish: keman

References

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَمَا أَنْ (kamā ʔan, “as that”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.maːn/, ,
  • Audio (Jerusalem)(file)

Adverb

كمان • (kamān)

  1. also, too, as well
    Synonym: برضه (barḍo)
  2. more
    بدّي أحضر المسلسل كمان مرّة.
    biddi ʔaḥḍar il-musalsal kamān marra
    I want to watch the series again (lit. one more time).

Sudanese Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَمَا أَنْ (kamā ʔan, “as that”).

Adverb

كمان • (kamān)

  1. also, too

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