مومیا

From موم (mum, “wax”).

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /moːmiˈjɒː/, /muːmiˈjɒː/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [muːmiˈjɒː]

مومیا • (mumiyâ, mômiyâ)

1. shilajit, mumijo
   • 982, Hudūd-ul-Ālam:

     و از دارابگرد فارس مومیایی خیزد که به همه جهان جایی دیگر نبود.

     va az dârâbgird-i fârs mômiyâyê xêzad ki ba hama-yi jahân jâyê dîgar nabvad.

     and in Darabgird of Fars a kind of shilajit is found which is not found anywhere else in the world.

2. the substance with which mummies are preserved
3. mummy

• مومیایی (mumiyâyi)

• مومیایی (mumiyâyi)
• مومیا کردن (mumiyâ kardan), مومیایی کردن (mumiyâyi kardan)

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مومیا”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مومیایی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Brockelmann, Carl (1895) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), Berlin, Edinburgh: Reuther & Reichard, T. & T. Clark, page 376b