كمون

Arabic

كَمُّون

Etymology 1

From Aramaic כַּמֹּונָֹא / ܩܰܡܽܘܢܳܐ (kammōnā, cumin), from Akkadian 𒌑𒁷𒊺𒉪 (Ú.GAMUN /⁠kamūnu⁠/, cumin). Note also Old Armenian չաման (čʻaman).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kam.muːn/

Noun

كَمُّون • (kammūn) m

  1. cumin (Cuminum cyminum)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: քամոն (kʻamon), քամուն (kʻamun)
  • Ottoman Turkish: كمیون (kimyon), كمنون (kimnun)

Etymology 2

Related to the verb كَمَنَ (kamana, to hide) from the root ك م ن (k-m-n).

Noun

كُمُون • (kumūn) m

  1. potentiality, latency
Declension

References

  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 57
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