كمون

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Arabic

كَمُّون

كمون on Arabic Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From Aramaic כַּמֹּונָֹא / ܩܰܡܽܘܢܳܐ (kammōnā, “cumin”), from Akkadian 𒌑𒁷𒊺𒉪 (Ú.GAMUN /⁠kamūnu⁠/, “cumin”). Note also Old Armenian չաման (čʻaman).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kam.muːn/

Noun

كَمُّون • (kammūn) m

cumin (Cuminum cyminum)

Declension

Declension of noun كَمُّون (kammūn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَمُّون kammūn	الْكَمُّون al-kammūn	كَمُّون kammūn
Nominative	كَمُّونٌ kammūnun	الْكَمُّونُ al-kammūnu	كَمُّونُ kammūnu
Accusative	كَمُّونًا kammūnan	الْكَمُّونَ al-kammūna	كَمُّونَ kammūna
Genitive	كَمُّونٍ kammūnin	الْكَمُّونِ al-kammūni	كَمُّونِ kammūni

Derived terms

كَمُّون أَسْوَد (kammūn ʔaswad, “black caraway, Nigella sativa”)
كَمُّون بَرِّي (kammūn barrī, “black caraway, Nigella sativa”)
كَمُّون حُلْو (kammūn ḥulw, “anise, aniseed, Pimpinella anisum”)

Descendants

→ Middle Armenian: քամոն (kʻamon), քամուն (kʻamun)
→ Ottoman Turkish: كمیون (kimyon), كمنون (kimnun)
- Turkish: kimyon
- → Armenian: քիմիոն (kʻimion), քիմոն (kʻimon), քեմոն (kʻemon), քիմեոն (kʻimeon), քէմոն (kʻēmon), քիմեօն (kʻimeōn) — traditional orthography
- → Bulgarian: кимио́н (kimión)
- → Macedonian: кимион (kimion)
- → Romanian: chimion
⇒ Portuguese: alcomonia, alcamonia

Etymology 2

Related to the verb كَمَنَ (kamana, “to hide”) from the root ك م ن (k-m-n).

Noun

كُمُون • (kumūn) m

potentiality, latency

Declension

Declension of noun كُمُون (kumūn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُمُون kumūn	الْكُمُون al-kumūn	كُمُون kumūn
Nominative	كُمُونٌ kumūnun	الْكُمُونُ al-kumūnu	كُمُونُ kumūnu
Accusative	كُمُونًا kumūnan	الْكُمُونَ al-kumūna	كُمُونَ kumūna
Genitive	كُمُونٍ kumūnin	الْكُمُونِ al-kumūni	كُمُونِ kumūni

References

Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 57

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