هميان
Arabic
Etymology
From Aramaic הֶמְיָנָא (hemyānā, “belt”), spelled in Classical Syriac ܗܶܡܝܳܢܳܐ (hemyānā) and in Classical Persian همیان (hemyân). From Middle Persian hmbstn' (hambastan, “to bind together, to encircle; girth or width”), from Middle Persian hm (ham, “also, same; united or to be together”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎶 (ham(a), “same, together”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”) cognate with English same and Persian هَم (ham, “also”).
Noun
هِمْيَان or هَمْيَان • (himyān or hamyān) m (plural هَمَايِن (hamāyin) or هَمَايِين (hamāyīn))
- belt, girdle
Usage notes
In the time of ʿUmar a زُنَّار (zunnār) would mean a belt worn by Christians; for it had become fashionable in the Byzantine Empire under Diocletian and Constantine to wear a ζώνη (zṓnē) or cingulum which was first a symbol of servitude in public office and then in religious office. For Zoroastrians parallely the conviction developed to wear a كُسْتِيج (kustīj, “belt”), whereas Babylonian Jews wore a هِمْيَان (himyān) הֶמְיָנָא (hemyānā, “belt”). Public officials in the Iranian empire wore a كَمَر (kamar, “belt”) without which no Iranian of distinction would go out, termed in Arabic مِنْطَقَة (minṭaqa, “belt”). With the new Muslim rulers the former girdles were imposed and the كَمَر (kamar) or مِنْطَقَة (minṭaqa) prohibited for non-Muslims. An Arabic term for “girdle” neutral from the beginning is حِزَام (ḥizām).
Declension
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | هِمْيَان; هَمْيَان himyān; hamyān | الْهِمْيَان; الْهَمْيَان al-himyān; al-hamyān | هِمْيَان; هَمْيَان himyān; hamyān |
| Nominative | هِمْيَانٌ; هَمْيَانٌ himyānun; hamyānun | الْهِمْيَانُ; الْهَمْيَانُ al-himyānu; al-hamyānu | هِمْيَانُ; هَمْيَانُ himyānu; hamyānu |
| Accusative | هِمْيَانًا; هَمْيَانًا himyānan; hamyānan | الْهِمْيَانَ; الْهَمْيَانَ al-himyāna; al-hamyāna | هِمْيَانَ; هَمْيَانَ himyāna; hamyāna |
| Genitive | هِمْيَانٍ; هَمْيَانٍ himyānin; hamyānin | الْهِمْيَانِ; الْهَمْيَانِ al-himyāni; al-hamyāni | هِمْيَانِ; هَمْيَانِ himyāni; hamyāni |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | هِمْيَانَيْن; هَمْيَانَيْن himyānayn; hamyānayn | الْهِمْيَانَيْن; الْهَمْيَانَيْن al-himyānayn; al-hamyānayn | هِمْيَانَيْ; هَمْيَانَيْ himyānay; hamyānay |
| Nominative | هِمْيَانَانِ; هَمْيَانَانِ himyānāni; hamyānāni | الْهِمْيَانَانِ; الْهَمْيَانَانِ al-himyānāni; al-hamyānāni | هِمْيَانَا; هَمْيَانَا himyānā; hamyānā |
| Accusative | هِمْيَانَيْنِ; هَمْيَانَيْنِ himyānayni; hamyānayni | الْهِمْيَانَيْنِ; الْهَمْيَانَيْنِ al-himyānayni; al-hamyānayni | هِمْيَانَيْ; هَمْيَانَيْ himyānay; hamyānay |
| Genitive | هِمْيَانَيْنِ; هَمْيَانَيْنِ himyānayni; hamyānayni | الْهِمْيَانَيْنِ; الْهَمْيَانَيْنِ al-himyānayni; al-hamyānayni | هِمْيَانَيْ; هَمْيَانَيْ himyānay; hamyānay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | هَمَايِن; هَمَايِين hamāyin; hamāyīn | الْهَمَايِن; الْهَمَايِين al-hamāyin; al-hamāyīn | هَمَايِن; هَمَايِين hamāyin; hamāyīn |
| Nominative | هَمَايِنُ; هَمَايِينُ hamāyinu; hamāyīnu | الْهَمَايِنُ; الْهَمَايِينُ al-hamāyinu; al-hamāyīnu | هَمَايِنُ; هَمَايِينُ hamāyinu; hamāyīnu |
| Accusative | هَمَايِنَ; هَمَايِينَ hamāyina; hamāyīna | الْهَمَايِنَ; الْهَمَايِينَ al-hamāyina; al-hamāyīna | هَمَايِنَ; هَمَايِينَ hamāyina; hamāyīna |
| Genitive | هَمَايِنَ; هَمَايِينَ hamāyina; hamāyīna | الْهَمَايِنِ; الْهَمَايِينِ al-hamāyini; al-hamāyīni | هَمَايِنِ; هَمَايِينِ hamāyini; hamāyīni |
References
- “هميان” in Almaany
- Freytag, Georg (1837), “هميان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 411
- Levy-Rubin, Mika (2011) Non-Muslims in the Early Islamic Empire. From Surrender to Coexistence., New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Tokyo, Mexico City: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 154–157
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “هميان”, 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 1881