ἁρμαλά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀρμαρά (armará)

Etymology

A loanword from a Semitic source. Compare Akkadian 𒌑𒀀𒈾𒈨𒊒 (anamiru, “medical and ritual herb”) and Hebrew אַלְמָן (ʾalmān).

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ar.maˈla/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.maˈla/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.maˈla/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.maˈla/

Noun

ἁρμαλᾱ́ • (harmalā́) ? (indeclinable)

harmal (Peganum harmala)
Synonym: ἀγρῐοπήγᾰνον (agriopḗganon)

Descendants

Classical Syriac: ܐܪܡܠܐ (ˀarmalā)
→ Arabic: حَرْمَل (ḥarmal)
→ English: harmal

Further reading

“ἁρμαλά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἁρμαλά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἁρμαλά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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