رمان
Arabic
Etymology
Uncertain direct and ultimate source, not Semitic. Compare Hebrew רימון / רִמּוֹן (rimmṓn), Punic *𐤓𐤌𐤍 (*rmn /rimmūn/) and Aramaic רִימֹּונָא / רִמֹּונָא (rimmōnā) / רוּמָּנָא / ܪܘܡܢܐ (rummānā), Ge'ez ሮማን (roman), Akkadian 𒄑𒈢𒆳𒊏 (/armannu/). Other orders of the consonants: Sumerian 𒉡𒌫𒈠 (NU-UR2-MA /nurma/, “pomegranate”), Akkadian 𒉡𒌫𒈠 (NU-UR2-MA /nurmû/), Akkadian 𒇻𒆸𒌅 (/lurmû, lurimtu, lurinnu/, “pomegranate”), Akkadian 𒉡𒊑𒅎𒁺 (nu-ri-im-du /nurimdu, nurimtu/, “pomegranate”), Hurrian 𒉡𒊏𒀭𒋾 (nu-ra-an-ti /nuranti/, “pomegranate”), Hittite 𒉡𒌫𒈬 (/nurmû/, “pomegranate”), Ugaritic 𐎍𐎗𐎎𐎐 (lrmn, “pomegranate”), Persian نار (nâr), انار (anâr, “pomegranate”), Chinese 榴 (OC *m·ru, “pomegranate”). Likely from Semitic: Egyptian
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(jnhmn /alhammān/) > Demotic hrnt > ⲉⲣⲙⲁⲛ (erman, Bohairic), ⲗⲉϩⲙⲉⲛ (lehmen, Akhmimic), ϩⲉⲣⲙⲁⲛ (herman, Sahidic).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rum.maːn/
- (Moroccan) IPA(key): /rum.maːn/
Noun
رُمَّان • (rummān) m (collective, singulative رُمَّانَة f (rummāna))
- (uncountable) pomegranate
- 2020 January 24, “شُبَّانٌ يُعِيدُونَ مِئَاتَ أَشْجَارِ ٱلرُّمَّانِ إِلَى قَرْيَةِ "أُمِّ ٱلْرُّمَّانِ" قُرْبَ تَازَارِينْ”, in Hespress:
- إِنَّ عَدَدَ أَشْجَارِ ٱلرُّمَّانِ ٱلْمُتَبَقِّيَّةِ لَا يَتَجَاوَزُ عَدَدَ أَصَابِعِ ٱلْيَدِ، بَعْدَمَا قَضَى ٱلْجَفَافُ عَلَى أَغْلَبِ ٱلْأَشْجَارِ ٱلْمُثْمِرَةِ، […]
- ʾinna ʿadada ʾašjāri r-rummāni l-mutabaqqiyyati lā yatajāwazu ʿadada ʾaṣābiʿi l-yadi, baʿdamā qaḍā l-jafāfu ʿalā ʾaḡlabi l-ʾašjāri l-muṯmirati, […]
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- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 55:68:
- فِيهِمَا فَـاكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ
- fīhimā fākihatun wanaḵlun warummānun
- In both of them are fruit, and palm trees, and pomegranates.
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Declension
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | رُمَّان rummān | الرُّمَّان ar-rummān | رُمَّان rummān |
| Nominative | رُمَّانٌ rummānun | الرُّمَّانُ ar-rummānu | رُمَّانُ rummānu |
| Accusative | رُمَّانًا rummānan | الرُّمَّانَ ar-rummāna | رُمَّانَ rummāna |
| Genitive | رُمَّانٍ rummānin | الرُّمَّانِ ar-rummāni | رُمَّانِ rummāni |
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | رُمَّانَة rummāna | الرُّمَّانَة ar-rummāna | رُمَّانَة rummānat |
| Nominative | رُمَّانَةٌ rummānatun | الرُّمَّانَةُ ar-rummānatu | رُمَّانَةُ rummānatu |
| Accusative | رُمَّانَةً rummānatan | الرُّمَّانَةَ ar-rummānata | رُمَّانَةَ rummānata |
| Genitive | رُمَّانَةٍ rummānatin | الرُّمَّانَةِ ar-rummānati | رُمَّانَةِ rummānati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | رُمَّانَتَيْن rummānatayn | الرُّمَّانَتَيْن ar-rummānatayn | رُمَّانَتَيْ rummānatay |
| Nominative | رُمَّانَتَانِ rummānatāni | الرُّمَّانَتَانِ ar-rummānatāni | رُمَّانَتَا rummānatā |
| Accusative | رُمَّانَتَيْنِ rummānatayni | الرُّمَّانَتَيْنِ ar-rummānatayni | رُمَّانَتَيْ rummānatay |
| Genitive | رُمَّانَتَيْنِ rummānatayni | الرُّمَّانَتَيْنِ ar-rummānatayni | رُمَّانَتَيْ rummānatay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | رُمَّانَات rummānāt | الرُّمَّانَات ar-rummānāt | رُمَّانَات rummānāt |
| Nominative | رُمَّانَاتٌ rummānātun | الرُّمَّانَاتُ ar-rummānātu | رُمَّانَاتُ rummānātu |
| Accusative | رُمَّانَاتٍ rummānātin | الرُّمَّانَاتِ ar-rummānāti | رُمَّانَاتِ rummānāti |
| Genitive | رُمَّانَاتٍ rummānātin | الرُّمَّانَاتِ ar-rummānāti | رُمَّانَاتِ rummānāti |
Derived terms
- رُمَّانِيَّة (rummāniyya, “medieval dish made with pomegranate”)
Descendants
- Maltese: rummien
- → Italian: romano
- → Ottoman Turkish: رمان
- → Tamil: ரும்மான் (rummāṉ)
References
- “nurma”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary, University of Pennsylvania, 2006
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 142
- Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 19
- Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, pages 24–25
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 144–145
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 80–113
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 42
- Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 54
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic رُمَّان (rummān).
Noun
رمان • (rüman)
- pomegranate
- breasts; boobs
Related terms
- رمانه (rümane, “a single pomegranate”)
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “رمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 987
Persian
Etymology
From French roman.
Noun
رمان • (român)
- novel