دماغ

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Arabic

Etymology

Blend of دَم (dam, “blood”) +‎ مُخّ (muḵḵ, “brain”), compare Arabic دَمْع (damʕ, “tears”) of the same relation with عَيْن (ʕayn, “eye”). While دَمْع (damʕ, “tears”) traces its formation back to Proto-Semitic, the present term is only parallelled by Ethiopian Semitic, Ge'ez ድማሕ (dəmaḥ), ድማኅ (dəmaḫ), ድማህ (dəmah, “head; crown of the head; skull; summit”), Amharic ድማኅ (dəmaḫ, “top of the head”), Argobba ድማኅ (“head”), Gafat dəmʷä (“head”), Silt'e ዱም (dum), Wolane ዱሚ (dumi, “head; hair of head”), Tigre ደምቀት (dämḳät, “crown of the head”), apparently back-formed from later plurals ድማቅ (dəmaḳ), ድመቅ (dəmäḳ), with presumable Gurage borrowings Awngi ዱሚ (dūmī, “top”), Oromo dumi (“head”). While borrowing of at least a part of the terms is manifest, the preservation of guttural fricatives unassimilated in voicedness to the second radical against Arabic points to either inheritance from Proto-West Semitic or borrowing from Old South Arabian whose names of body parts use to be poorly attested.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.maːɣ/
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Noun

دِمَاغ • (dimāḡ) m (plural أَدْمِغَة (ʔadmiḡa) or دُمُغٌ (dumuḡun)) (countable)

  1. (anatomy) brain (control center of the central nervous system)
    Hypernyms: مُخّ (muḵḵ, “the cerebrum”), مُخَّيْخ (muḵḵayḵ, “the cerebellum”)

Declension

Declension of noun دِمَاغ (dimāḡ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دِمَاغ
dimāḡ 		الدِّمَاغ
ad-dimāḡ 		دِمَاغ
dimāḡ
Nominative دِمَاغٌ
dimāḡun 		الدِّمَاغُ
ad-dimāḡu 		دِمَاغُ
dimāḡu
Accusative دِمَاغًا
dimāḡan 		الدِّمَاغَ
ad-dimāḡa 		دِمَاغَ
dimāḡa
Genitive دِمَاغٍ
dimāḡin 		الدِّمَاغِ
ad-dimāḡi 		دِمَاغِ
dimāḡi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دِمَاغَيْن
dimāḡayn 		الدِّمَاغَيْن
ad-dimāḡayn 		دِمَاغَيْ
dimāḡay
Nominative دِمَاغَانِ
dimāḡāni 		الدِّمَاغَانِ
ad-dimāḡāni 		دِمَاغَا
dimāḡā
Accusative دِمَاغَيْنِ
dimāḡayni 		الدِّمَاغَيْنِ
ad-dimāḡayni 		دِمَاغَيْ
dimāḡay
Genitive دِمَاغَيْنِ
dimāḡayni 		الدِّمَاغَيْنِ
ad-dimāḡayni 		دِمَاغَيْ
dimāḡay
Plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَدْمِغَة‎; دُمُغ
ʔadmiḡa‎; dumuḡ 		الْأَدْمِغَة‎; الدُّمُغ
al-ʔadmiḡa‎; ad-dumuḡ 		أَدْمِغَة‎; دُمُغ
ʔadmiḡat‎; dumuḡ
Nominative أَدْمِغَةٌ‎; دُمُغٌ
ʔadmiḡatun‎; dumuḡun 		الْأَدْمِغَةُ‎; الدُّمُغُ
al-ʔadmiḡatu‎; ad-dumuḡu 		أَدْمِغَةُ‎; دُمُغُ
ʔadmiḡatu‎; dumuḡu
Accusative أَدْمِغَةً‎; دُمُغًا
ʔadmiḡatan‎; dumuḡan 		الْأَدْمِغَةَ‎; الدُّمُغَ
al-ʔadmiḡata‎; ad-dumuḡa 		أَدْمِغَةَ‎; دُمُغَ
ʔadmiḡata‎; dumuḡa
Genitive أَدْمِغَةٍ‎; دُمُغٍ
ʔadmiḡatin‎; dumuḡin 		الْأَدْمِغَةِ‎; الدُّمُغِ
al-ʔadmiḡati‎; ad-dumuḡi 		أَدْمِغَةِ‎; دُمُغِ
ʔadmiḡati‎; dumuḡi

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 478
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 134
  • Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000) “*dimāγ-”, in Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volumes I: Anatomy of Man and Animals, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, page 50 No. 52
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “دماغ”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

Chagatai

Etymology

From Arabic دِمَاغ (dimāḡ).

Noun

دماغ (damāğ)

  1. brain

Descendants

References

  • András J. E. Bodrogligeti, A Grammar of Chagatay

Egyptian Arabic

Noun

دماغ • (dimāḡ) f

  1. (countable) the upper front part of the body of an animal, the head
    ضربت الصرصار على دماغ كسّمه! ― I bashed the cockroach on its fucking head!
    شغّلي دماغك معايا بقا! ― Come on! Use your head, girl!
    Synonym: راس (rās)
    1. (of humans) the crown of the head; the scalp
      رحتله علشان يحلقلك دماغك. ― I/you went to him to get your head shaved.
  2. (uncountable) mind; intelligence; reason
    عاملّي فيها راجل دماغه متفتّحه! ― And you are/he is acting and pretending to be such an open-minded man!
    دا طلع عنده دماغ فعلا. ― It seems that he really has a head after all.
    كبّر دماغك. ― Never mind it./Ignore it./Don't worry about it.
    Synonym: عقل (ʕaʔl)
  3. (countable, uncommon) the brain
    Synonym: مخ (muḵḵ)
  4. (uncountable, informal) the state or feeling of being under the effect of a drug; euphoria, excitement, or stupor from narcosis; being, looking, sounding, or feeling high or stoned
    دا شكله عامل دماغ. ― He looks high.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِمَاغ (dimāḡ, “brain”).

Noun

دماغ • (dimağ)

  1. brain, the organ which controls the central nervous system
    Synonyms: بینی (beyni), مخ (muh), مغز (mağz)
  2. encephalon the area of central nervous system enclosed within the skull
  3. (by extension) mind, sense, understanding, consciousness

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِمَاغ (dimāḡ, “brain”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? dimāğ
Dari reading? dimāğ
Iranian reading? damâğ
Tajik reading? dimoġ

Noun

Dari دماغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik димоғ

دماغ • (damâğ)

  1. (Iran or uncommon) nose
    Synonyms: بینی (bini), پوز (pôz)
  2. (Iran) figurative senses
    1. vanity, pride
    2. strong inclination
    3. disposition, condition, mood
      Synonym: حال (hâl)
  3. (Dari, otherwise archaic) brain, conceit
    Synonyms: مغز (mağz), ذهن (zehn)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دماغ”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دماغ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “دماغ”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 901

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic دِمَاغ (dimāḡ).

Pronunciation

Noun

دماغ • (dmāḡ) f (plural أدمغة (ʾadmiḡa))

  1. brain
    Synonym: مخ (muḵḵ)

Southwestern Fars

Etymology

From Arabic دِمَاغ (dimāḡ).

Noun

دماغ (domâğ)

  1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) nose

Urdu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دماغ (dimâgh, “brain, conceit”), from Arabic دِمَاغ (dimāḡ, “brain”).

Pronunciation

Noun

دِماغ • (dimāġ) m (Hindi spelling दिमाग़)

  1. (anatomy) brain, cerebrum
    Synonyms: بھیجا (bhejā), مَغْز (maġz)
  2. brain (intellect), mind
    Synonym: ذَہْن (zahn)
  3. conceit, pride
    Synonyms: گُھمَنْڈ (ghumanḍ), غُرُور (ġurūr)

Declension

    Declension of دماغ
singular plural
direct دِمَاغ (dimāġ) دِمَاغ (dimāġ)
oblique دِمَاغ (dimāġ) دِمَاغوں (dimāġõ)
vocative دِمَاغ (dimāġ) دِمَاغو (dimāġo)

Further reading

  • “دماغ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “دماغ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دماغ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “دماغ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “دماغ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “دماغ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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