قمقم

Arabic

Etymology 1

From a reduplicated onomatopoeic root. Compare غَرْغَرَ‎ (ḡarḡara, “gurgle”), وَسْوَسَ‎ (waswasa, “whisper”).

Verb

قَمْقَمَ • (qamqama) Iq, non-past يُقَمْقِمُ‎‎ (yuqamqimu)

  1. to grumble, to mutter, to complain
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • تَقَمْقَمَ‎ (taqamqama)

Etymology 2

قُمْقُم

Borrowed from Aramaic קוּמְקְמָא‎ (qumqəmā, “cooking vessel; cooling vessel”), from Imperial Aramaic 𐡒𐡅𐡒𐡌‎ (qwqm), from Akkadian 𒂁𒆪𒆪𒁍 (/kukkubu, quqquba/, “a smaller container used as an alabastron, libation jar, or drikining flask; originally a drinking pouch made from an animal's stomach, any similar pouch with a small opening”), considered possibly a loan or developed from Sumerian 𒂁𒃻𒋫𒆸 (/gugguru/, “tall earthen vessel with a narrow opening”); whence ultimately also Ancient Greek κούκκουμα (koúkkouma), diminutive κουκκούμιον (koukkoúmion), and Latin cucuma, compare Classical Syriac ܩܘܿܩܡܳܐ‎ (qūqəmā, “pot”), absolute state ܩܘܿܩܽܡ‎ (qūqum). The Persian قمقمه‎ (qomqome), now more popular than the Arabic word, has been borrowed from Aramaic into Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (KWKMʾ).

Alternative forms

Noun

قُمْقُم • (qumqum) m (plural قَمَاقِم‎ (qamāqim))

  1. bulbous flask with a neck used for dispersing perfume
Declension
Descendants
  • → Bengali: কুমকুম (kumkum)

References

  • “qwmqm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • “qwqm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Basharin, Pavel (2013), “Akkadian, Hebrew and Arabic Loanwords in Aramaic Ideograms in Pahlavi”, in Commentationes Iranicae. Vladimiro f. Aaron Livschits nonagenariodonum natalicium / Сборник статей к 90-летию Владимира Ароновича Лившица., Sankt-Petersburg: Nestor-Historia, page 144
  • Freytag, Georg (1835), “قمقم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 499
  • Houtum-Schindler, Albert (1884), “Beiträge zum kurdischen Wortschatze”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎, volume 38, pages 78–79
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “قمقم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1058
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