موم
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian موم (mum, “wax; candle”).
Noun
موم • (mum)
- wax, an oily, water-resistant, semisolid substance
- Synonym: شمع (şemʿ)
- wax-candle, a candle made of wax
- Synonym: شمع (şemʿ)
- candle or taper made with any material
Derived terms
- بالق مومی (balık mumu, “spermaceti”)
- بالمومی (balmumu, “beeswax”)
- قالب مومی (kalıb mumu, “mold candle”)
- موم آین (mum ayin, “asphaltum”)
- موم دل (mum dil, “soft-hearted”)
- موم مقصی (mum makası, “candle snuffer”)
- مومجی (mumcu, “maker or seller of candles”)
- مومخانه (mumhane, “manufactory of candles”)
- موملو (mumlu, “prepared with wax”)
- مومی (mumi, “waxed, waxy”)
Descendants
- Turkish: mum
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mum”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3302
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “موم”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 469b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “موم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1249
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Cera”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 170
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “موم”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 5037–5038
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mum”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “موم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2037
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (/*mōm/). Akin to Northern Kurdish mûm (“candle”), Central Kurdish مۆم (mom, “candle”), Southern Kurdish موم (mum, “wax”), and Old Armenian մոմ (mom), an Iranian borrowing.
Further origin uncertain. Perhaps a borrowing from a Semitic language, from Proto-Semitic *māy- (“water, liquid, sap”); compare Akkadian 𒀀 (mū). The final -m could be from a plural suffix (the word being a plurale tantum in some languages) or from reduplication; compare Hebrew מים (mayim).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): ,
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | mōm, mūm |
| Dari reading? | mūm |
| Iranian reading? | mum |
| Tajik reading? | mum |
Noun
| Dari | موم |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | мум |
موم • (mum)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Alexander Militarev, A complete etymology-based hundred wordlist of Semitic updated: Items 75-100, in the Journal of Language Relationhip; entry 94 water, especially the Afro-Asiatic meaning of sap, liquid substance.
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian موم (môm).
Noun
موم • (mom) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੋਮ)
Further reading
- “موم”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “موم”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian موم (mōm, mūm). Compare Bengali মোম (mōm), Punjabi موم (mom).
Noun
موم • (mom) f (Hindi spelling मोम)
Uyghur
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
موم • (mom) (plural موملار (momlar))
Further reading
- Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN