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Arabic
Pronunciation
Noun
كَمَان • (kamān) m
- (music) violin
Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic كَمَا أَنْ (kamā ʔan, “as that”).
- too (likewise)
- in addition
- even
- Synonym: حتّى (ḥattā)
- دا كمان عايزني أعمل له شغله ― dā kamān ʿāyezni ʾiʿmil lo šuḡlo ― he even wants me to do his work for him
Adverb
كمان • (kamān)
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Hijazi Arabic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Arabic كَمَا أَنْ (kamā ʔan, “as that”).
Adverb
كمان • (kamān)
- also
- more
- in addition
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Persian کمان (kamân).
Noun
كمان • (kamān) m (plural كمانات (kamānāt))
- violin
See also
North Levantine Arabic
Pronunciation
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Adverb
كمان • (kamēn)
- also, too, as well
- more
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Persian کمان (kamân, “bow, arch”).
Noun
كمان • (keman)
- an archery bow
- Synonym: یای (yay)
- (astronomy) Sagittarius, a constellation of the Zodiac
- (astrology) Sagittarius, a zodiac sign
- violin, fiddle
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كمان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 4013–4014
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1572
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic كَمَا أَنْ (kamā ʔan, “as that”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
كمان • (kamān)
- also, too, as well
- Synonym: برضه (barḍo)
- more
بدّي أحضر المسلسل كمان مرّة.- biddi ʔaḥḍar il-musalsal kamān marra
- I want to watch the series again (lit. one more time).
Sudanese Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic كَمَا أَنْ (kamā ʔan, “as that”).
Adverb
كمان • (kamān)
- also, too
Descendants