مخ

See also: مچ‎

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *muḫḫ- (“head; brain; marrow”).

Noun

مُخّ • (muḵḵ) m (plural أَمْخَاخ‎ (ʔamḵāḵ))

  1. (anatomy) cerebrum

Declension

Descendants

  • Egyptian Arabic: مخ‎ (muḵḵ)
  • Gulf Arabic: مخ‎ (muḵ)
  • Maltese: moħħ
  • Moroccan Arabic: مخ‎ (muḵḵ)
  • Kurdish:
    → Northern Kurdish: mox
    → Central Kurdish: مۆخ‎ (mox)
  • → Persian: مخ‎ (mox)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مُخّ‎ (muḵḵ).

Noun

مخ • (muḵḵ) m (plural أَمْخَاخ‎ (amḵā́ḵ))

  1. (anatomy) brain (“organ”)
    Synonym: دماغ‎ (dimāḡ)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مُخّ‎ (muḵḵ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muxː/

Noun

مخ • (muḵḵ) m (plural مخاخ‎ (mḵāḵ))

  1. (anatomy) brain (“organ”)
    Synonym: دماغ‎ (dmāḡ)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُخّ‎ (muḵḵ, “cerebrum”).

Noun

مخ • (muh) (plural مخاخ‎ or مخخه‎)

  1. bone marrow, the place where new blood cells are produced
    Synonym: ایلیك‎ (ilik)
  2. brain, the organ which controls the central nervous system
    Synonyms: بینی‎ (beyni), دماغ‎ (demağ), مغز‎ (mağz)
  3. the white fat seen around the eyeball of a fat beast
  4. kernel, marrow, pith, core, essence of a thing
    Synonyms: اوز‎ (öz), لب‎ (lubb), مغز‎ (mağz)

Descendants

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Persian

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Germanic *musą (“marsh, moss”).

Noun

مخ • (mox)

  1. (now dialectal, Kazerun, Dashtestan, Bushehr) palm, palm tree
    Synonym: نخل‎ (naxl)

Derived terms

  • مخور‎ (moxvar)
  • مخستان‎ (moxestân)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مُخّ‎ (muḵḵ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muxx/, [mʊx]
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Noun

مخّ • (muḵḵ) m (plural مخاخ‎ (mḵāḵ))

  1. brain
    Synonym: دماغ‎ (dmāḡ)
  2. mind

Southwestern Fars

Noun

مخ (mox)

  1. (Kuzarg) palm, palm tree
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