كمان
See also: کمان
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.maːn/
Noun
كَمَان • (kamān) m
- (music) violin
Egyptian Arabic
Adverb
كمان • (kamān)
- too (likewise)
- in addition
- even
- Synonym: حتّى (ḥattā)
- دا كمان عايزني أعمل له شغله ― dā kamān ʿāyezni ʾiʿmil lo šuḡlo ― he even wants me to do his work for him
Hijazi Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈmaːn/
Etymology 1
From Arabic كَمَا أَنْ (kamā ʾan, “as that”).
Adverb
كمان • (kamān)
- also
- more
- in addition
Synonyms
- زيادة (ziyāda)
- برضه (barḍu)
Etymology 2
From Persian کمان (kamān).
Noun
كمان • (kamān) m (plural كمانات (kamānāt))
- violin
See also
- كمنجة (kamanja, “kamancheh”)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Persian کمان (kamān, “bow, arch”).
Noun
كمان • (keman)
- an archery bow
- Synonym: یای (yay)
- (astronomy) Sagittarius, a constellation of the Zodiac
- (astrology) Sagittarius, a zodiac sign
- violin, fiddle
Derived terms
- كمانچه (kemençe)
Descendants
- Turkish: keman
- → Armenian: քեման (kʿeman)
- → Northern Kurdish: keman
References
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “كمان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 4013–4014
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1572
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic كَمَا أَنْ (kamā ʾan, “as that”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.maːn/, [kaˈmæːn], [kaˈmaːn]
Audio (Jerusalem) (file)
Adverb
كمان • (kamān)
- also, too, as well
- Synonym: برضه (barḍo)
- more
- بدّي أحضر المسلسل كمان مرّة.
- biddi ʔaḥḍar il-musalsal kamān marra
- I want to watch the series again (lit. one more time).