ملحمة

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Arabic

Etymology

Root
ل ح م (l ḥ m)
5 terms

Noun of place of لَحْم (laḥm, meat). Cognate to Hebrew מִלְחָמָה (milḥamá, war, battle).

Pronunciation

Noun

مَلْحَمَة (malḥamaf (plural مَلَاحِم (malāḥim))

  1. a place where meat is stored or sold; butcher's shop, meathouse
  2. bloody battle, slaughter, massacre, bloodbath
  3. epic (literary genre)

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Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: ملحمه (melhame, bloody battle, slaughter)