حرمل
Arabic
Etymology
From Classical Syriac ܐܪܡܠܐ (ˀarmalā, “harmal; Syrian rue”), from Akkadian 𒌑𒀀𒈾𒈨𒊒 (anamiru, “medical and ritual herb”); cognate with Hebrew אַלְמָן (ʾalmān).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħar.mal/
Noun
حَرْمَل • (ḥarmal) m
- harmal (Peganum, especially Peganum harmala)
- (eastern Saudi Arabia, where the other meaning is unused) Rhazya stricta
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | حَرْمَل ḥarmal |
الْحَرْمَل al-ḥarmal |
حَرْمَل ḥarmal |
| nominative | حَرْمَلٌ ḥarmalun |
الْحَرْمَلُ al-ḥarmalu |
حَرْمَلُ ḥarmalu |
| accusative | حَرْمَلًا ḥarmalan |
الْحَرْمَلَ al-ḥarmala |
حَرْمَلَ ḥarmala |
| genitive | حَرْمَلٍ ḥarmalin |
الْحَرْمَلِ al-ḥarmali |
حَرْمَلِ ḥarmali |
Derived terms
- الْحَرْمَلِيَّة (al-ḥarmaliyya, “a settlement about 80 km south of the الأَحْسَاء (al-ʔaḥsāʔ) oasis”)
Descendants
- English: harmal
- ⇒ English: harmine, harmaline, harmalol, Peganum harmala
References
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “حرمل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 372
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[2] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 507–510
- Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tucson: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 99, 130, 141, 195, 237, 272, 356, 357
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “حرمل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 250