շամամ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian շամամ (šamam), from Arabic شَمَّام (šammām).

Pronunciation

Noun

շամամ (šamam) (dialectal)

  1. apple melon (Cucumis melo var. dudaim)
    Hypernym: սեխ (sex)
  2. (poetic) breast
    • 1661 – 1722, Yovnatʿan Nałaš, Tałer [Poems] :[1][2]
      Շամամներիդ համար դառն եմ,
      Թո՛ղ, որ ձեռս մէջն խառնեմ,
      Ինձ ծախեմ՝ էդ բախչէդ առնեմ։
      Զալում, թո՛ղ՝ ես
      Եմիշ քաղեմ,
      Մէկ ծիծաղեմ:
      Šamamnerid hamar daṙn em,
      Tʿół, or jeṙs mēǰn xaṙnem,
      Inj caxem, ēd baxčʿēd aṙnem.
      Zalum, tʿół, es
      Emiš kʿałem,
      Mēk cicałem:
      • Translation by S. Peter Cowe
        I'm desperate for your melons.
        Let my hand them go among them,
        Let me sell myself and buy the orchard of yours.
        O unjust one, Let me
        pick some fruit
        and have a giggle.

Declension

References

  1. Nałaš Hovnatʿan (1983), A. Mnacʿakanyan, editor, Tałer [Poems] (Hay kʿnarergutʿyun), Yerevan: Sovetakan groł, pages 48–49
  2. Cowe, S. Peter (2019), “The object of Ałtʿamarʿci’s affections”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 74

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), շամամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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