الماس

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Ottoman Turkish

الماس

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian الماس (almâs, diamond).

Noun

الماس (elmas)

  1. diamond, a transparent and colorless mineral, that is an allotrope of carbon

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: elmas, almas (dialectal)
  • Bulgarian: елмаз (elmaz)

Further reading

Persian

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Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾlmʾs (almās); see there for further information.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? almās
Dari reading? almās
Iranian reading? almâs
Tajik reading? almos

Noun

Dari الماس
Iranian Persian
Tajik алмос

الماس (almâs) (plural الماس‌ها (almâs-hâ))

  1. diamond
    • 1330, Hamdullāh-i Mustawfī, Tārīx-i Guzīda:
      الماس ... در دره‌های کوه سراندیب میباشد و از بیم افاعی درو نمیتوان رفت و بحیله و سعی طیور بیرون می‌آورند و بدین سبب پاره‌های بزرگ نمیتوان یافت.
      almās ... dar darra-hā-yi kōh-i Sarāndīb mē-bāšad wa az bīm-i afā'ī dar-ō namē-tawān raft wa ba-hīla u sa'y-i tuyūr bērūn mē-āwarand wa badīn sabab pāra-hā-yi buzurg namē-tawān yāft.
      Diamond ... is found in the valleys of mountain of Serendib, and it's not possible to go there because of the snakes, and they extract it using birds, so large pieces can not be obtained.

Descendants

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “almās(t)”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 7

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian الماس (almās).

Pronunciation

Noun

الماس (almāsm (Hindi spelling अलमास)

  1. diamond
  2. adamant

Synonyms