زمج
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zum.mad͡ʒ/
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian *zumag, compare Chagatai زمج (zummaj, “steppe eagle, Aquila nipalensis”) known from the Bāburnāma and metathetical Hindi जुमिज़ (jumiz, “steppe eagle, Aquila nipalensis; eastern imperial eagle, Aquila heliaca”) and Classical Syriac ܙܘܡܐ (zūmā, zaumā) without the suffix from Middle Persian *zum. Classical Persian زمنج (zimunj, ziminj), زمچ (zimič).
Noun
زُمَّج or زُمْج or زَمَج • (zummaj or zumj or zamaj) m (plural زَمَامِج (zamāmij))
- (obsolete) steppe eagle, Aquila nipalensis
- a. 1283, Abū Yahyā Zakariyāʾ ibn Muhammad al-Qazwīnīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات [ʿajāʾib al-maḵlūqāt wa-ḡarāʾib al-mawjūdāt][1], Göttingen: Verlag der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, published 1849, , pages 415–416:
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | زُمَّج zummaj |
الزُّمَّج az-zummaj |
زُمَّج zummaj |
| nominative | زُمَّجٌ zummajun |
الزُّمَّجُ az-zummaju |
زُمَّجُ zummaju |
| accusative | زُمَّجًا zummajan |
الزُّمَّجَ az-zummaja |
زُمَّجَ zummaja |
| genitive | زُمَّجٍ zummajin |
الزُّمَّجِ az-zummaji |
زُمَّجِ zummaji |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | زُمَّجَيْن zummajayn |
الزُّمَّجَيْن az-zummajayn |
زُمَّجَيْ zummajay |
| nominative | زُمَّجَانِ zummajāni |
الزُّمَّجَانِ az-zummajāni |
زُمَّجَا zummajā |
| accusative | زُمَّجَيْنِ zummajayni |
الزُّمَّجَيْنِ az-zummajayni |
زُمَّجَيْ zummajay |
| genitive | زُمَّجَيْنِ zummajayni |
الزُّمَّجَيْنِ az-zummajayni |
زُمَّجَيْ zummajay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | زَمَامِج zamāmij |
الزَّمَامِج az-zamāmij |
زَمَامِج zamāmij |
| nominative | زَمَامِجُ zamāmiju |
الزَّمَامِجُ az-zamāmiju |
زَمَامِجُ zamāmiju |
| accusative | زَمَامِجَ zamāmija |
الزَّمَامِجَ az-zamāmija |
زَمَامِجَ zamāmija |
| genitive | زَمَامِجَ zamāmija |
الزَّمَامِجِ az-zamāmiji |
زَمَامِجِ zamāmiji |
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian *zamag, compare Classical Persian زمه (zama, “vitriol, alum”), زنج (zunj, zanj, zinj, “resin; chin = زنخ (zanax)”). Doublet of زَاج (zāj, “vitriol”) and صَمْغ (ṣamḡ, “resin”).
Noun
زُمَّج or زَمَج or زَمْج • (zummaj or zamaj or zamj) m (obsolete)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | زُمَّج; زَمَج; زَمْج zummaj; zamaj; zamj |
الزُّمَّج; الزَّمَج; الزَّمْج az-zummaj; az-zamaj; az-zamj |
زُمَّج; زَمَج; زَمْج zummaj; zamaj; zamj |
| nominative | زُمَّجٌ; زَمَجٌ; زَمْجٌ zummajun; zamajun; zamjun |
الزُّمَّجُ; الزَّمَجُ; الزَّمْجُ az-zummaju; az-zamaju; az-zamju |
زُمَّجُ; زَمَجُ; زَمْجُ zummaju; zamaju; zamju |
| accusative | زُمَّجًا; زَمَجًا; زَمْجًا zummajan; zamajan; zamjan |
الزُّمَّجَ; الزَّمَجَ; الزَّمْجَ az-zummaja; az-zamaja; az-zamja |
زُمَّجَ; زَمَجَ; زَمْجَ zummaja; zamaja; zamja |
| genitive | زُمَّجٍ; زَمَجٍ; زَمْجٍ zummajin; zamajin; zamjin |
الزُّمَّجِ; الزَّمَجِ; الزَّمْجِ az-zummaji; az-zamaji; az-zamji |
زُمَّجِ; زَمَجِ; زَمْجِ zummaji; zamaji; zamji |
References
- Asbaghi, Asya (1988) Persische Lehnwörter im Arabischen[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 147
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زمج”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[3] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 602b
- Freytag, Georg (1833) “زمج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[4] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 252a
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “زمج”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[5] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1009
- Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)[6] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 204 Nr. 599, 207 Nr. 610
- Piamenta, Moshe (1991) Dictionary of Post-Classical Yemeni Arabic, volume 1, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 204b
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “زمج”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[7] (in Latin), volume 2, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, pages 141a, 142b, 147b