كيمياء
Arabic
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, “art of alloying metals”), probably from χύμα (khúma, “ingot, bar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiː.mi.jaːʔ/
Noun
كِيمِيَاء • (kīmiyāʔ) f
Declension
| singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | كِيمِيَاء kīmiyāʔ |
الْكِيمِيَاء al-kīmiyāʔ |
كِيمِيَاء kīmiyāʔ |
| nominative | كِيمِيَاءُ kīmiyāʔu |
الْكِيمِيَاءُ al-kīmiyāʔu |
كِيمِيَاءُ kīmiyāʔu |
| accusative | كِيمِيَاءَ kīmiyāʔa |
الْكِيمِيَاءَ al-kīmiyāʔa |
كِيمِيَاءَ kīmiyāʔa |
| genitive | كِيمِيَاءَ kīmiyāʔa |
الْكِيمِيَاءِ al-kīmiyāʔi |
كِيمِيَاءِ kīmiyāʔi |
Related terms
- خِيمِيَاء (ḵīmiyāʔ)
- كِيمِيَائِيّ (kīmiyāʔiyy)
- كِيمِيَاوِيّ (kīmiyāwiyy)
- كِيمَائِيّ (kīmāʔiyy)
- كِيمَاوِيّ (kīmāwiyy)
Descendants
- Hijazi Arabic: كيميا (kīmya)
- → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܝܼܡܝܼܵܐ (kīmīyā)
- → Georgian: ქიმია (kimia)
- → Middle Armenian: ալքիմիա (alkʻimia)
- Armenian: ալքիմիա (alkʻimia)
- → Bengali: কিমিয়া (kimiẏa)
- → Javanese: ꦏꦶꦩꦶꦲ (kimiha)
- → Banyumasan: ꦏꦶꦩꦶꦲ
- → Latin: alchēmia (see there for further descendants)
- → Latin: chēmia (see there for further descendants)
- → Malay: kimia
- Indonesian: kimia
- → Russian: алхи́мия (alxímija), алхи́мія (alxímija) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
- → Ottoman Turkish: كیمیا
- Turkish: kimya
- → Classical Persian: کِیمِیَا (kīmiyā)
- → Urdu: کِیمیا (kīmyā)