مخ

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See also: مچ

Arabic

Etymology

    From Proto-Semitic *muḫḫ- (head; brain; marrow).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    مُخّ (muḵḵm (plural أَمْخَاخ (ʔamḵāḵ))

    1. (anatomy) cerebrum

    Declension

    Descendants

    • Egyptian Arabic: مخ (muḵḵ)
    • Gulf Arabic: مخ (muḵ)
    • Maltese: moħħ
    • Moroccan Arabic: مخ (muḵḵ)
    • Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: mox
      Central Kurdish: مۆخ (mox)
    • Persian: مخ (mox)

    Egyptian Arabic

    Etymology

    From Arabic مُخّ (muḵḵ).

    Noun

    مخ (muḵḵm (plural أَمْخَاخ (amḵā́ḵ))

    1. (anatomy) brain (organ)
      Synonym: دماغ (dimāḡ)

    Moroccan Arabic

    Etymology

    From Arabic مُخّ (muḵḵ).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    مخ (muḵḵm (plural مخاخ (mḵāḵ))

    1. (anatomy) brain (organ)
      Synonym: دماغ (dmāḡ)

    Ottoman Turkish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic مُخّ (muḵḵ, cerebrum).

    Noun

    مخ (muh) (plural مخاخ or مخخه)

    1. bone marrow, the place where new blood cells are produced
      Synonym: ایلیك (ilik)
    2. brain, the organ which controls the central nervous system
      Synonyms: بینی (beyni), دماغ (demağ), مغز (mağz)
    3. the white fat seen around the eyeball of a fat beast
    4. kernel, marrow, pith, core, essence of a thing
      Synonyms: اوز (öz), لب (lubb), مغز (mağz)

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    Persian

    Etymology

    Cognate with Proto-Germanic *musą (marsh, moss).

    Noun

    مخ (mox)

    1. (now dialectal, Kazerun, Dashtestan, Bushehr) palm, palm tree
      Synonym: نخل (naxl)

    Derived terms

    South Levantine Arabic

    Etymology

    From Arabic مُخّ (muḵḵ).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /muxx/,
    • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

    Noun

    مخّ (muḵḵm (plural مخاخ (mḵāḵ))

    1. brain
      Synonym: دماغ (dmāḡ)
    2. mind

    Southwestern Fars

    Noun

    مخ (mox)

    1. (Kuzarg) palm, palm tree