موم

Ottoman Turkish
موم

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian موم‎ (mum, “wax; candle”).

Noun

موم • (mum)

  1. wax, an oily, water-resistant, semisolid substance
    Synonym: شمع‎ (şemʿ)
  2. wax-candle, a candle made of wax
    Synonym: شمع‎ (şemʿ)
  3. candle or taper made with any material

Derived terms
  • بالق مومی‎ (balık mumu, “spermaceti”)
  • بالمومی‎ (balmumu, “beeswax”)
  • قالب مومی‎ (kalıb mumu, “mold candle”)
  • موم آین‎ (mum ayin, “asphaltum”)
  • موم دل‎ (mum dil, “soft-hearted”)
  • موم مقصی‎ (mum makası, “candle snuffer”)
  • مومجی‎ (mumcu, “maker or seller of candles”)
  • مومخانه‎ (mumhane, “manufactory of candles”)
  • موملو‎ (mumlu, “prepared with wax”)
  • مومی‎ (mumi, “waxed, waxy”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: mum

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/*mōm/). Akin to Northern Kurdish mûm (“candle”), Central Kurdish مۆم‎ (mom, “candle”), Southern Kurdish موم‎ (mum, “wax”), and Old Armenian մոմ (mom), an Iranian borrowing.

Further origin uncertain. Perhaps a borrowing from a Semitic language, from Proto-Semitic *māy- (“water, liquid, sap”); compare Akkadian 𒀀 (mū). The final -m could be from a plural suffix (the word being a plurale tantum in some languages) or from reduplication; compare Hebrew מים‎ (mayim).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

موم • (mum)

  1. wax
  2. candle

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: mum
  • → Arabic: مُوم‎ (mūm)
  • → Bengali: মোম (mōm)
  • → Crimean Tatar: mum
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: मोम (mom)
    Urdu: موم‎ (mom)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: موم‎ (mûm)
  • → Turkmen: mum
  • → Kyrgyz: мом (mom)
  • → Romani: mom
  • → Uzbek: mum

References
  1. Alexander Militarev, A complete etymology-based hundred wordlist of Semitic updated: Items 75-100, in the Journal of Language Relationhip[s]; entry 94 water, especially the Afro-Asiatic meaning of sap, liquid substance.
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