شمام

Arabic

Etymology

Formed as a characteristic adjective from the root ش م م (š-m-m) related to smell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃam.maːm/

Noun

شَمَّام • (šammām) m (collective, singulative شَمَّامَة f (šammāma))

  1. apple melon (Cucumis melo var. dudaim) (originally, in Classical Arabic)
  2. cantaloupe (Cucumis melo var. cantalupo syn. Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis)

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: շամամ (šamam)
  • Malayalam: ഷമാം (ṣamāṁ)
  • Persian: شمام (šammâm)
  • Tigrinya: ሸማም (šämam)

References

  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 514
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