قمه

See also: قمة‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِمَّة‎ (qimma, “top, peak, crown”).

Noun

قمه • (kımme) (plural قمم‎ (kımem))

crown, the topmost part of the head
Synonym: تپه‎ (tepe)
(botany) crown, the top of a tree
summit, top, apex, peak, vertex
Synonyms: تپه‎ (tepe), ذروه‎ (zirve), طوروق‎ (doruk), قله‎ (kulle)

Derived terms

قمی‎ (kımmî, “crowned”)

Descendants

Turkish: kımme

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kımme”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2607
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قمه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 972
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “قمه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3762
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قمه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1473

Persian

Alternative forms

قامه‎ (qâme)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قامه‎ (kama).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qamˈma/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /qamˈma/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɢæmˈme/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /qamˈma/

Noun

قمه • (qamme)

machete.

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