حماما
Arabic
Etymology
From Classical Syriac ܚܡܵܡܵܐ (ḥəmāmā). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἄμωμον (ámōmon) → Latin amōmum, an Oriental borrowing. The source of this word is lost. It is also not certain which plants were really denoted in antiquity by these words – regard in particular that the genus Amomum alone comprises around two hundred species and new ones are found.
Declension
Declension of noun حَمَامَا (ḥamāmā)
| Singular | singular invariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | حَمَامَا ḥamāmā |
الْحَمَامَا al-ḥamāmā |
حَمَامَا ḥamāmā |
| Nominative | حَمَامَا ḥamāmā |
الْحَمَامَا al-ḥamāmā |
حَمَامَا ḥamāmā |
| Accusative | حَمَامَا ḥamāmā |
الْحَمَامَا al-ḥamāmā |
حَمَامَا ḥamāmā |
| Genitive | حَمَامَا ḥamāmā |
الْحَمَامَا al-ḥamāmā |
حَمَامَا ḥamāmā |
Descendants
- → Middle Armenian: համամայ (hamamay)
References
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 169
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