عمة

From the root ع م م‎ (ʕ-m-m).

• IPA^(key): /ʕim.ma/

عِمَّة • (ʕimma) f (plural عِمَّات‎ (ʕimmāt) or عَمَم‎ (ʕamam))

1. way of putting on the turban
2. (uncommon) turban

   Synonym: عِمَامَة‎ (ʕimāma) (the common term)

• IPA^(key): /ʕam.ma/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /ʕam.ma/

عَمَّة • (ʕamma) f (plural عَمَّات‎ (ʕammāt), masculine عَمّ‎ (ʕamm))

1. paternal blood aunt (one's father's sister)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:23:

     ‏حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أُمَّهَاتُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمْ وَأَخَوَاتُكُمْ وَعَمَّاتُكُمْ […]‎

     ḥurrimat ʕalaykum ʔummahātukum wa-banātukum wa-ʔaḵawātukum wa-ʕammātukum […]

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• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “عمة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 168
• Freytag, Georg (1833), “عمة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 217
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “عمة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2149
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “عمة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 724
• Wahrmund, Adolf (1887), “عمة”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache (in German), volume 2, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 309
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “عمة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 876

From Arabic عَمَّة‎ (ʕamma).

• IPA^(key): /ʕam.me/, [ˈʕam.me]

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عمّة • (ʕamme) f (plural عمّات‎ (ʕammāt), masculine عمّ‎ (ʕamm))

1. paternal aunt (father's sister)

   Endearing form: عمتو‎ (ʕamto)

خالة‎ (ḵāle, “maternal aunt”)