رمان

See also: زمان‎

Arabic

Etymology

Uncertain direct and ultimate source, not Semitic. Compare Hebrew רימון / רִמּוֹן‎ (rimmṓn), Punic *𐤓𐤌𐤍‎ (*rmn /rimmūn/) and Aramaic רִימֹּונָא‎ / רִמֹּונָא‎‎ (rimmōnā‎) /‎‎ רוּמָּנָא‎‎ / ܪܘܡܢܐ‎ (rummānā), Ge'ez ሮማን (roman), Akkadian 𒄑𒈢𒆳𒊏 (/armannu/). Other orders of the consonants: Sumerian 𒉡𒌫𒈠 (NU-UR₂-MA /nurma/, “pomegranate”), Akkadian 𒉡𒌫𒈠 (NU-UR₂-MA /nurmû/), Akkadian 𒇻𒆸𒌅 (/lurmû, lurimtu, lurinnu/, “pomegranate”), Akkadian 𒉡𒊑𒅎𒁺 (nu-ri-im-du /nurimdu, nurimtu/, “pomegranate”), Hurrian 𒉡𒊏𒀭𒋾 (nu-ra-an-ti /nuranti/, “pomegranate”), Hittite 𒉡𒌫𒈬 (/nurmû/, “pomegranate”), Ugaritic 𐎍𐎗𐎎𐎐 (lrmn, “pomegranate”), Persian ‎ (nâr), ‎ (anâr, “pomegranate”), Chinese 榴 (OC *m·ru, “pomegranate”). Likely from Semitic: Egyptian

(jnhmn /alhammān/) > Demotic hrnt > ⲉⲣⲙⲁⲛ (erman, Bohairic), ⲗⲉϩⲙⲉⲛ (lehmen, Akhmimic), ϩⲉⲣⲙⲁⲛ (herman, Sahidic).

رُمَّان

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rum.maːn/
- (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /rum.maːn/

Noun

رُمَّان • (rummān) m (collective, singulative رُمَّانَة‎ f (rummāna))

(uncountable) pomegranate
- 2020 January 24, “شُبَّانٌ يُعِيدُونَ مِئَاتَ أَشْجَارِ ٱلرُّمَّانِ إِلَى قَرْيَةِ "أُمِّ ٱلْرُّمَّانِ" قُرْبَ تَازَارِينْ”, in Hespress‎:
  ‏إِنَّ عَدَدَ أَشْجَارِ ٱلرُّمَّانِ ٱلْمُتَبَقِّيَّةِ لَا يَتَجَاوَزُ عَدَدَ أَصَابِعِ ٱلْيَدِ، بَعْدَمَا قَضَى ٱلْجَفَافُ عَلَى أَغْلَبِ ٱلْأَشْجَارِ ٱلْمُثْمِرَةِ، […]‎
  ʔinna ʕadada ʔašjāri r-rummāni l-mutabaqqiyyati lā yatajāwazu ʕadada ʔaṣābiʕi l-yadi, baʕdamā qaḍā l-jafāfu ʕalā ʔaḡlabi l-ʔašjāri l-muṯmirati, […]
  (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 55:68:
  ‏فِيهِمَا فَـاكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ‎
  fīhimā fākihatun wanaḵlun warummānun
  In both of them are fruit, and palm trees, and pomegranates.

Declension

Declension of noun رُمَّان (rummān)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُمَّان rummān	الرُّمَّان‎ ar-rummān	رُمَّان rummān
Nominative	رُمَّانٌ rummānun	الرُّمَّانُ‎ ar-rummānu	رُمَّانُ rummānu
Accusative	رُمَّانًا‎ rummānan	الرُّمَّانَ‎ ar-rummāna	رُمَّانَ rummāna
Genitive	رُمَّانٍ rummānin	الرُّمَّانِ‎ ar-rummāni	رُمَّانِ rummāni
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُمَّانَة‎ rummāna	الرُّمَّانَة‎ ar-rummāna	رُمَّانَة‎ rummānat
Nominative	رُمَّانَةٌ‎ rummānatun	الرُّمَّانَةُ‎ ar-rummānatu	رُمَّانَةُ‎ rummānatu
Accusative	رُمَّانَةً‎ rummānatan	الرُّمَّانَةَ‎ ar-rummānata	رُمَّانَةَ‎ rummānata
Genitive	رُمَّانَةٍ‎ rummānatin	الرُّمَّانَةِ‎ ar-rummānati	رُمَّانَةِ‎ rummānati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُمَّانَتَيْن‎ rummānatayn	الرُّمَّانَتَيْن‎ ar-rummānatayn	رُمَّانَتَيْ‎ rummānatay
Nominative	رُمَّانَتَانِ‎ rummānatāni	الرُّمَّانَتَانِ‎ ar-rummānatāni	رُمَّانَتَا‎ rummānatā
Accusative	رُمَّانَتَيْنِ‎ rummānatayni	الرُّمَّانَتَيْنِ‎ ar-rummānatayni	رُمَّانَتَيْ‎ rummānatay
Genitive	رُمَّانَتَيْنِ‎ rummānatayni	الرُّمَّانَتَيْنِ‎ ar-rummānatayni	رُمَّانَتَيْ‎ rummānatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُمَّانَات‎ rummānāt	الرُّمَّانَات‎ ar-rummānāt	رُمَّانَات‎ rummānāt
Nominative	رُمَّانَاتٌ‎ rummānātun	الرُّمَّانَاتُ‎ ar-rummānātu	رُمَّانَاتُ‎ rummānātu
Accusative	رُمَّانَاتٍ‎ rummānātin	الرُّمَّانَاتِ‎ ar-rummānāti	رُمَّانَاتِ‎ rummānāti
Genitive	رُمَّانَاتٍ‎ rummānātin	الرُّمَّانَاتِ‎ ar-rummānāti	رُمَّانَاتِ‎ rummānāti

Derived terms

رُمَّانِيَّة‎ (rummāniyya, “medieval dish made with pomegranate”)

Descendants

Maltese: rummien
→ Italian: romano
‌ → Ottoman Turkish: رمان‎
→ Tamil: ரும்மான் (rummāṉ)

References

“nurma”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary, University of Pennsylvania, 2006
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 142
Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 19
Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, pages 24–25
Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 144–145
Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 80–113
Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 42
Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 54

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic رُمَّان‎ (rummān).

Noun

رمان • (rüman)

Related terms

رمانه‎ (rümane, “a single pomegranate”)

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “رمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 987

Persian

Etymology

From French roman.

Noun

رمان • (român)

novel

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