مخ
See also: مچ
Arabic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *muḫḫ- (“head; brain; marrow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muxx/
Noun
مُخّ • (muḵḵ) m (plural أَمْخَاخ (ʔamḵāḵ))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مُخّ muḵḵ |
الْمُخّ al-muḵḵ |
مُخّ muḵḵ |
| nominative | مُخٌّ muḵḵun |
الْمُخُّ al-muḵḵu |
مُخُّ muḵḵu |
| accusative | مُخًّا muḵḵan |
الْمُخَّ al-muḵḵa |
مُخَّ muḵḵa |
| genitive | مُخٍّ muḵḵin |
الْمُخِّ al-muḵḵi |
مُخِّ muḵḵi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | مُخَّيْن muḵḵayn |
الْمُخَّيْن al-muḵḵayn |
مُخَّيْ muḵḵay |
| nominative | مُخَّانِ muḵḵāni |
الْمُخَّانِ al-muḵḵāni |
مُخَّا muḵḵā |
| accusative | مُخَّيْنِ muḵḵayni |
الْمُخَّيْنِ al-muḵḵayni |
مُخَّيْ muḵḵay |
| genitive | مُخَّيْنِ muḵḵayni |
الْمُخَّيْنِ al-muḵḵayni |
مُخَّيْ muḵḵay |
| plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَمْخَاخ ʔamḵāḵ |
الْأَمْخَاخ al-ʔamḵāḵ |
أَمْخَاخ ʔamḵāḵ |
| nominative | أَمْخَاخٌ ʔamḵāḵun |
الْأَمْخَاخُ al-ʔamḵāḵu |
أَمْخَاخُ ʔamḵāḵu |
| accusative | أَمْخَاخًا ʔamḵāḵan |
الْأَمْخَاخَ al-ʔamḵāḵa |
أَمْخَاخَ ʔamḵāḵa |
| genitive | أَمْخَاخٍ ʔamḵāḵin |
الْأَمْخَاخِ al-ʔamḵāḵi |
أَمْخَاخِ ʔamḵāḵi |
Descendants
- Egyptian Arabic: مخ (muḵḵ)
- Gulf Arabic: مخ (muḵ)
- Maltese: moħħ
- Moroccan Arabic: مخ (muḵḵ)
- Kurdish:
- → Persian: مخ (mox)
Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
Noun
مخ • (muḵḵ) m (plural أَمْخَاخ (amḵā́ḵ))
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muxː/
Noun
مخ • (muḵḵ) m (plural مخاخ (mḵāḵ))
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مُخّ (muḵḵ, “cerebrum”).
Noun
مخ • (muh) (plural مخاخ or مخخه)
- bone marrow, the place where new blood cells are produced
- Synonym: ایلیك (ilik)
- brain, the organ which controls the central nervous system
- the white fat seen around the eyeball of a fat beast
- kernel, marrow, pith, core, essence of a thing
Descendants
- Turkish: muh
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “muh”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3276
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مخ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1133
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Medulla”, 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[2], Vienna, column 1025
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مخ”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 4465
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مخ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1771
Persian
Etymology
Cognate with Proto-Germanic *musą (“marsh, moss”).
Noun
مخ • (mox)
Derived terms
- مخور (moxvar)
- مخستان (moxestân)
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
مخّ • (muḵḵ) m (plural مخاخ (mḵāḵ))
Southwestern Fars
Noun
مخ (mox)