حمال
See also: جمال
Arabic
Etymology 1
Occupational noun from the root ح م ل (ḥ m l).
Noun
حَمَّال • (ḥammāl) m (plural حَمَّالُون (ḥammālūn) or حَمَّالَة (ḥammāla), feminine حَمَّالَة (ḥammāla))
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||||
| indefinite | definite | construct | indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | حَمَّال ḥammāl |
الْحَمَّال al-ḥammāl |
حَمَّال ḥammāl |
حَمَّالَة ḥammāla |
الْحَمَّالَة al-ḥammāla |
حَمَّالَة ḥammālat |
| nominative | حَمَّالٌ ḥammālun |
الْحَمَّالُ al-ḥammālu |
حَمَّالُ ḥammālu |
حَمَّالَةٌ ḥammālatun |
الْحَمَّالَةُ al-ḥammālatu |
حَمَّالَةُ ḥammālatu |
| accusative | حَمَّالًا ḥammālan |
الْحَمَّالَ al-ḥammāla |
حَمَّالَ ḥammāla |
حَمَّالَةً ḥammālatan |
الْحَمَّالَةَ al-ḥammālata |
حَمَّالَةَ ḥammālata |
| genitive | حَمَّالٍ ḥammālin |
الْحَمَّالِ al-ḥammāli |
حَمَّالِ ḥammāli |
حَمَّالَةٍ ḥammālatin |
الْحَمَّالَةِ al-ḥammālati |
حَمَّالَةِ ḥammālati |
| dual | masculine | feminine | ||||
| indefinite | definite | construct | indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | حَمَّالَيْن ḥammālayn |
الْحَمَّالَيْن al-ḥammālayn |
حَمَّالَيْ ḥammālay |
حَمَّالَتَيْن ḥammālatayn |
الْحَمَّالَتَيْن al-ḥammālatayn |
حَمَّالَتَيْ ḥammālatay |
| nominative | حَمَّالَانِ ḥammālāni |
الْحَمَّالَانِ al-ḥammālāni |
حَمَّالَا ḥammālā |
حَمَّالَتَانِ ḥammālatāni |
الْحَمَّالَتَانِ al-ḥammālatāni |
حَمَّالَتَا ḥammālatā |
| accusative | حَمَّالَيْنِ ḥammālayni |
الْحَمَّالَيْنِ al-ḥammālayni |
حَمَّالَيْ ḥammālay |
حَمَّالَتَيْنِ ḥammālatayni |
الْحَمَّالَتَيْنِ al-ḥammālatayni |
حَمَّالَتَيْ ḥammālatay |
| genitive | حَمَّالَيْنِ ḥammālayni |
الْحَمَّالَيْنِ al-ḥammālayni |
حَمَّالَيْ ḥammālay |
حَمَّالَتَيْنِ ḥammālatayni |
الْحَمَّالَتَيْنِ al-ḥammālatayni |
حَمَّالَتَيْ ḥammālatay |
| plural | masculine | feminine | ||||
| sound masculine plural; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) |
sound feminine plural | |||||
| indefinite | definite | construct | indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | حَمَّالِين; حَمَّالَة ḥammālīn; ḥammāla |
الْحَمَّالِين; الْحَمَّالَة al-ḥammālīn; al-ḥammāla |
حَمَّالِي; حَمَّالَة ḥammālī; ḥammālat |
حَمَّالَات ḥammālāt |
الْحَمَّالَات al-ḥammālāt |
حَمَّالَات ḥammālāt |
| nominative | حَمَّالُونَ; حَمَّالَةٌ ḥammālūna; ḥammālatun |
الْحَمَّالُونَ; الْحَمَّالَةُ al-ḥammālūna; al-ḥammālatu |
حَمَّالُو; حَمَّالَةُ ḥammālū; ḥammālatu |
حَمَّالَاتٌ ḥammālātun |
الْحَمَّالَاتُ al-ḥammālātu |
حَمَّالَاتُ ḥammālātu |
| accusative | حَمَّالِينَ; حَمَّالَةً ḥammālīna; ḥammālatan |
الْحَمَّالِينَ; الْحَمَّالَةَ al-ḥammālīna; al-ḥammālata |
حَمَّالِي; حَمَّالَةَ ḥammālī; ḥammālata |
حَمَّالَاتٍ ḥammālātin |
الْحَمَّالَاتِ al-ḥammālāti |
حَمَّالَاتِ ḥammālāti |
| genitive | حَمَّالِينَ; حَمَّالَةٍ ḥammālīna; ḥammālatin |
الْحَمَّالِينَ; الْحَمَّالَةِ al-ḥammālīna; al-ḥammālati |
حَمَّالِي; حَمَّالَةِ ḥammālī; ḥammālati |
حَمَّالَاتٍ ḥammālātin |
الْحَمَّالَاتِ al-ḥammālāti |
حَمَّالَاتِ ḥammālāti |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: hambal
- → Ottoman Turkish: حمال (hammāl)
- → Northern Kurdish: hemal, hambal
- → Kumyk: гьаммал (hammal)
- → Persian: حمال (hammâl)
- → Russian: амба́л (ambál), анба́л (anbál), амва́л (amvál)
- → English: hammal, hamal
- → Italian: camallo
- → Ligurian: camalo
- → Catalan: camàlic
- → Swahili: hamali
Etymology 2
Noun
حِمَال • (ḥimāl) pl
- plural of حَمْل (ḥaml)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَمَّال (ḥammāl, “porter, carrier”).
Noun
حمال • (hammal or hamal) (feminine حماله (hammale, hamale), definite accusative حمالی (hammalı, hamalı), plural حماللر (hammallar, hamallar))
- porter, carrier, a person who carries luggage and related objects for others
- Synonym: باركش (barkeş)
Derived terms
- آت حمالی (at hamalı, “porter provided with a horse”)
- حمال آرقه‌لجی (hamal arkalacı, “porter's knot”)
- حماللق (hamallık, “portage, porterage”)
- شراب حمالی (şarab hamalı, “drunkard”)
- صیریق حمالی (sırık hamalı, “porter that uses a pole”)
Descendants
- Turkish: hamal
- → Albanian: hamall
- → Armenian: համալ (hamal), համբալ (hambal)
- → Macedonian: амал (amal)
- → Romanian: hamal
- → Serbo-Croatian:
Further reading
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “حمال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 667
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hamal”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1856
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “حمال”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 201b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حمال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 518
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Bajulus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 113
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “حمال”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 1803
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hamal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حمال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 804