مخ
See also: مچ
Arabic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *muḫḫ- (“head; brain; marrow”).
Noun
مُخّ • (muḵḵ) m (plural أَمْخَاخ (ʾamḵāḵ))
- (anatomy) cerebrum
Declension
Declension of noun مُخّ (muḵḵ)
| 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 ʾamḵāḵ | الْأَمْخَاخ al-ʾamḵāḵ | أَمْخَاخ ʾamḵāḵ |
| Nominative | أَمْخَاخٌ ʾamḵāḵun | الْأَمْخَاخُ al-ʾamḵāḵu | أَمْخَاخُ ʾamḵāḵu |
| Accusative | أَمْخَاخًا ʾamḵāḵan | الْأَمْخَاخَ al-ʾamḵāḵa | أَمْخَاخَ ʾamḵāḵa |
| Genitive | أَمْخَاخٍ ʾamḵāḵin | الْأَمْخَاخِ al-ʾamḵāḵi | أَمْخَاخِ ʾamḵāḵi |
Descendants
- Egyptian Arabic: مخ (muḵḵ)
- Gulf Arabic: مخ (muḵ)
- Maltese: moħħ
- Moroccan Arabic: مخ (muḵḵ)
- Kurdish:
- → Northern Kurdish: mox
- → Central Kurdish: مۆخ (mox)
- → Persian: مخ (mox)
Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic مُخّ (muḵḵ).
Noun
مخ • (muḵḵ) m (plural أَمْخَاخ (amḵā́ḵ))
- (anatomy) brain (“organ”)
- Synonym: دماغ (dimāḡ)
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic مُخّ (muḵḵ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muxː/
Noun
مخ • (muḵḵ) m (plural مخاخ (mḵāḵ))
- (anatomy) brain (“organ”)
- Synonym: دماغ (dmāḡ)
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
- Synonyms: بینی (beyni), دماغ (demağ), مغز (mağz)
- the white fat seen around the eyeball of a fat beast
- kernel, marrow, pith, core, essence of a thing
- Synonyms: اوز (öz), لب (lubb), مغز (mağz)
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, 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, 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, Vienna, column 4465
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مخ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1771
Persian
Etymology
Cognate with Proto-Germanic *musą (“marsh, moss”).
Noun
مخ • (mox)
- (now dialectal, Kazerun, Dashtestan, Bushehr) palm, palm tree
- Synonym: نخل (naxl)
Derived terms
- مخور (moxvar)
- مخستان (moxestân)
South Levantine Arabic
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Etymology
From Arabic مُخّ (muḵḵ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muxx/, [mʊx]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)
Noun
مخّ • (muḵḵ) m (plural مخاخ (mḵāḵ))
- brain
- Synonym: دماغ (dmāḡ)
- mind
Southwestern Fars
Noun
مخ (mox)
- (Kuzarg) palm, palm tree