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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian خامه (xâme, “reed; pen”).
Noun
خامه • (hame)
- reed, especially when cut and dried for use
- Synonym: قلم (kalem)
- pen, a writing instrument originally made of reed
- Synonym: قلم (kalem)
- kind of graving tool, such as a stonecutter's chisel
- pencil, or other instrument for writing or ruling
- Synonym: قلم (kalem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hame2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1857
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خامه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 529
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Calamus”, 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 134
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “خامه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1846
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خامه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 826
Persian
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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xāma
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| Dari reading?
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xāma
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| Iranian reading?
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xâme
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| Tajik reading?
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xoma
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Noun
| Dari
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خامه
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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хома
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خامه • (xâme)
- reed, especially when cut and dried for use
- pen, a writing instrument originally made of reed
- kind of graving tool, such as a stonecutter's chisel
- pencil, or other instrument for writing or ruling
- cream
- خامِهٔ تُرْش ― xâme-ye torš ― sour cream
Descendants