خمان

Arabic

Etymology

Apparently from خَمَنَ (ḵamana, “to be obscure”) variant of خَمَلَ (ḵamala) from the root خ م ل (ḵ-m-l) referring to the qualities of the elder to absorb light.

Noun

خَمَان • (ḵamān) m

  1. elder, elderberry (Sambucus gen. et spp.)

Declension
Declension of noun خَمَان (ḵamān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal خَمَان
ḵamān		 الْخَمَان
al-ḵamān		 خَمَان
ḵamān
Nominative خَمَانٌ
ḵamānun		 الْخَمَانُ
al-ḵamānu		 خَمَانُ
ḵamānu
Accusative خَمَانًا
ḵamānan		 الْخَمَانَ
al-ḵamāna		 خَمَانَ
ḵamāna
Genitive خَمَانٍ
ḵamānin		 الْخَمَانِ
al-ḵamāni		 خَمَانِ
ḵamāni

References
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “خمان”, 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 527
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “خمان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 813
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “خمان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 365–366
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