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Persian
Etymology
From موم (mum, “wax”).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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mōmiyā, mūmiyā
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| Dari reading?
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mōmiyā, mūmiyā
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| Iranian reading?
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mumiyâ
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| Tajik reading?
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mümiyo, mumiyo
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Noun
مومیا • (mumiyâ, mômiyâ)
- shilajit, mumijo
- 982, Hudūd-ul-Ālam:
و از دارابگرد فارس مومیایی خیزد که به همه جهان جایی دیگر نبود.- va az dârâbgird-i fârs mômiyâyê xêzad ki ba hama-yi jahân jâyê dîgar nabvad.
- and in Darabgird of Fars a kind of shilajit is found which is not found anywhere else in the world.
- the substance with which mummies are preserved
- mummy
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References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مومیا”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مومیایی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Brockelmann, Carl (1895) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), Berlin, Edinburgh: Reuther & Reichard, T. & T. Clark, page 376b