خطمي

See also: خطمی

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Preparations from the marshmallow have been used for preparations to wash the head, so it appears to be relative noun (nisba) composed of خَطْم (ḵaṭm, the nose and the mouth, snout) + ـِيّ (-iyy), though such a use of nisba is not common and it does not explain the variation with ت (t) instead of ط (); maybe originally from Aramaic חלמיתא / ܚܠܡܝܬܐ (ḥlamītā) / ܚܠܡܬܐ (ḥlamtā, alkanet, Anchusa officinalis) with which there have been mutual mistranslations. Clearly now Hebrew חֶלְמִית (ḥelmī́ṯ) is used for mallows, the Malva genus and species.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xitˤ.mijj/, /xatˤ.mijj/

Noun

خِطْمِيّ or خَطْمِيّ • (ḵiṭmiyy or ḵaṭmiyy) m (collective, singulative خِطْمِيَّة f (ḵiṭmiyya) or خَطْمِيَّة (ḵaṭmiyya))

  1. marshmallow, Althaea gen. et spp.
  2. the confectionery marshmallow
  3. rosemallow, Hibiscus gen. et spp.
    Synonym: كَرْكَدِيه (karkadīh)
  4. hollyhock, Alcea gen. et spp.
    Synonym: سِرَاج القُطْرُب (sirāj al-quṭrub)

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: խաթմի (xatʻmi)
  • Persian: خطمی, ختمی
  • Ottoman Turkish: خطمی (hatmi, hatmı)
    • Turkish: hatmi
    • Middle Armenian: հաթմի (hatʻmi)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “خطمي”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 503
  • Kahl, Oliver (2011 June 27) “The Pharmacological Tables of Rhazes”, in Journal of Semitic Studies, volume 56, number 2, →DOI, page 379 footnote 84, declares it a genuine Arabic word
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “خطمي”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 768
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 292–295
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 230–233
  • ḥlmh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ḥlmwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “خطمي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 288
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “خطمي”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 347
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