خرطوم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ر ط م (ḵ r ṭ m). Compare Hebrew חַרְטוֹם (ḥarṭōm).

Noun

خُرْطُوم • (ḵurṭūm) m (plural خَرَاطِيم (ḵarāṭīm))

  1. trunk (of an elephant), snout, muzzle, nose
  2. ugly face
  3. sucking pipe of a pump or similar
  4. spout, nozzle
  5. hose

Declension

Declension of noun خُرْطُوم (ḵurṭūm)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal خُرْطُوم
ḵurṭūm 		الْخُرْطُوم
al-ḵurṭūm 		خُرْطُوم
ḵurṭūm
nominative خُرْطُومٌ
ḵurṭūmun 		الْخُرْطُومُ
al-ḵurṭūmu 		خُرْطُومُ
ḵurṭūmu
accusative خُرْطُومًا
ḵurṭūman 		الْخُرْطُومَ
al-ḵurṭūma 		خُرْطُومَ
ḵurṭūma
genitive خُرْطُومٍ
ḵurṭūmin 		الْخُرْطُومِ
al-ḵurṭūmi 		خُرْطُومِ
ḵurṭūmi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal خُرْطُومَيْن
ḵurṭūmayn 		الْخُرْطُومَيْن
al-ḵurṭūmayn 		خُرْطُومَيْ
ḵurṭūmay
nominative خُرْطُومَانِ
ḵurṭūmāni 		الْخُرْطُومَانِ
al-ḵurṭūmāni 		خُرْطُومَا
ḵurṭūmā
accusative خُرْطُومَيْنِ
ḵurṭūmayni 		الْخُرْطُومَيْنِ
al-ḵurṭūmayni 		خُرْطُومَيْ
ḵurṭūmay
genitive خُرْطُومَيْنِ
ḵurṭūmayni 		الْخُرْطُومَيْنِ
al-ḵurṭūmayni 		خُرْطُومَيْ
ḵurṭūmay
plural basic broken plural diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal خَرَاطِيم
ḵarāṭīm 		الْخَرَاطِيم
al-ḵarāṭīm 		خَرَاطِيم
ḵarāṭīm
nominative خَرَاطِيمُ
ḵarāṭīmu 		الْخَرَاطِيمُ
al-ḵarāṭīmu 		خَرَاطِيمُ
ḵarāṭīmu
accusative خَرَاطِيمَ
ḵarāṭīma 		الْخَرَاطِيمَ
al-ḵarāṭīma 		خَرَاطِيمَ
ḵarāṭīma
genitive خَرَاطِيمَ
ḵarāṭīma 		الْخَرَاطِيمِ
al-ḵarāṭīmi 		خَرَاطِيمِ
ḵarāṭīmi

Descendants

  • Maltese: ħartum
  • → Azerbaijani: xortum
  • → Georgian: ხორთუმი (xortumi)
  • → Greek: χαρτούμι (chartoúmi)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: خرطوم

References

  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “خرطوم”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 164–165
  • Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “خرطوم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 724.
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خرطوم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 320
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “خرطوم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 330

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُرْطُوم (ḵurṭūm, “trunk, proboscis”).

Noun

خرطوم • (hurtum or hortum) (definite accusative خرطومی (hortumu), plural خراطیم (haratim))

  1. trunk, proboscis, the conspicuously extended, mobile nose-like organ of an animal such as the elephant
    Synonym: دوژ (duj)
  2. hose, a flexible, hollow tube or pipe designed to convey water or other fluid from one location to another

Derived terms

  • فیل خرطومی (fil hortumu, “water spout”)

Descendants

Proper noun

خرطوم • (hartum)

  1. Khartoum (the capital city of Sudan)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Hartum

Further reading

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