الماس
See also: ألماس
Ottoman Turkish
Derived terms
- الماسجی (elmasci, “diamond merchant”)
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “الماس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 140
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “الماس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 189
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian ʾlmʾs (almās); see there for further information.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /alˈmɑːs/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /alˈmɑːs/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /ælˈmɒːs/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /alˈmɔs/
Noun
Dari | الماس |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | алмос (almos) |
الماس • (almâs) (plural الماسها (almâs-hâ))
- diamond
- 1330, Hamdullāh-i Mustawfī, Tārīx-i Guzīda
- الماس ... در درههای کوه سراندیب میباشد و از بیم افاعی درو نمیتوان رفت و بحیله و سعی طیور بیرون میآورند و بدین سبب پارههای بزرگ نمیتوان یافت.
- almās ... dar darra-hā-yi kōh-i Sarāndīb mē-bāšad wa az bīm-i afā'ī dar-ō namē-tawān raft wa ba-hīla u sa'y-i tuyūr bērūn mē-āwarand wa badīn sabab pāra-hā-yi buzurg namē-tawān yāft.
- Diamond ... is found in the valleys of mountain [groups] of Serendib, and it's not possible to go there because of the snakes, and they extract it using birds, so large pieces can not be obtained.
- الماس ... در درههای کوه سراندیب میباشد و از بیم افاعی درو نمیتوان رفت و بحیله و سعی طیور بیرون میآورند و بدین سبب پارههای بزرگ نمیتوان یافت.
- 1330, Hamdullāh-i Mustawfī, Tārīx-i Guzīda
Descendants
- → Arabic: أَلْمَاس (ʔalmās)
- Gulf Arabic: ألماص (əlmasˤ)
- → Swahili: almasi
- → Bashkir: алмас (almas)
- → Georgian: ალმასი (almasi)
- → Ossetian: алмаси (almasi)
- → Kazakh: алмас (almas)
- → Middle Armenian: ալմաս (almas), ալմաստ (almast), ալմազ (almaz), էլմաս (ēlmas)
- → Armenian: ալմաս (almas)
- → Russian: алма́з (almáz)
- → Azerbaijani: almaz
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: अलमास (almās)
- Urdu: الماس (almās)
- → Kyrgyz: алмас (almas)
- → Southern Altai: алмаз (almaz)
- → Ottoman Turkish: الماس (elmas)
- → Tatar: алмас (almas), алмаз (almaz)
- → Uzbek: olmos
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “almās(t)”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 7
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /əl.mɑːs/
- (Deccani) IPA(key): /əl.mɑːs/
Synonyms
- ہیرا
Related terms
- الماسی
- الماس تراش
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