كمان

See also: کمان‎

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.maːn/

Noun

كَمَان • (kamān) m

  1. (music) violin

Egyptian Arabic

Adverb

كمان • (kamān)

  1. too (likewise)
  2. in addition
  3. even
    Synonym: حتّى‎ (ḥattā)
    ‏دا كمان عايزني أعمل له شغله‎‎ ― dā kamān ʿāyezni ʾiʿmil lo šuḡlo ― he even wants me to do his work for him

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈmaːn/

Etymology 1

From Arabic كَمَا أَنْ‎ (kamā ʔan, “as that”).

Adverb

كمان • (kamān)

  1. also
  2. more
  3. in addition
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Persian کمان‎ (kamân).

Noun

كمان • (kamān) m (plural كمانات‎ (kamānāt))

  1. violin
See also

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian کمان‎ (kamân, “bow, arch”).

Noun

كمان • (keman)

  1. an archery bow
    Synonym: یای‎ (yay)
  2. (astronomy) Sagittarius, a constellation of the Zodiac
  3. (astrology) Sagittarius, a zodiac sign
  4. violin, fiddle

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: keman
  • → Armenian: քեման (kʿeman)
  • → Northern Kurdish: keman

References

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَمَا أَنْ‎ (kamā ʔan, “as that”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.maːn/, [kaˈmæːn], [kaˈmaːn]
  • (file)

Adverb

كمان • (kamān)

  1. also, too, as well
    Synonym: برضه‎ (barḍo)
  2. more
    ‏بدّي أحضر المسلسل كمان مرّة.‎‎
    biddi ʔaḥḍar il-musalsal kamān marra
    I want to watch the series again (lit. one more time).
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