خرطوم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ر ط م (ḵ-r-ṭ-m). Compare Hebrew חַרְטוֹם (ḥarṭōm).

Noun

خُرْطُوم • (ḵurṭūm) m (plural خَرَاطِيم (ḵarāṭīm))

1. trunk (of an elephant), snout, muzzle, nose
2. ugly face
3. sucking pipe of a pump or similar
4. spout, nozzle
5. hose

Declension

Declension of noun خُرْطُوم (ḵurṭūm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُرْطُوم ḵurṭūm	الْخُرْطُوم al-ḵurṭūm	خُرْطُوم ḵurṭūm
Nominative	خُرْطُومٌ ḵurṭūmun	الْخُرْطُومُ al-ḵurṭūmu	خُرْطُومُ ḵurṭūmu
Accusative	خُرْطُومًا ḵurṭūman	الْخُرْطُومَ al-ḵurṭūma	خُرْطُومَ ḵurṭūma
Genitive	خُرْطُومٍ ḵurṭūmin	الْخُرْطُومِ al-ḵurṭūmi	خُرْطُومِ ḵurṭūmi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُرْطُومَيْن ḵurṭūmayn	الْخُرْطُومَيْن al-ḵurṭūmayn	خُرْطُومَيْ ḵurṭūmay
Nominative	خُرْطُومَانِ ḵurṭūmāni	الْخُرْطُومَانِ al-ḵurṭūmāni	خُرْطُومَا ḵurṭūmā
Accusative	خُرْطُومَيْنِ ḵurṭūmayni	الْخُرْطُومَيْنِ al-ḵurṭūmayni	خُرْطُومَيْ ḵurṭūmay
Genitive	خُرْطُومَيْنِ ḵurṭūmayni	الْخُرْطُومَيْنِ al-ḵurṭūmayni	خُرْطُومَيْ ḵurṭūmay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَرَاطِيم ḵarāṭīm	الْخَرَاطِيم al-ḵarāṭīm	خَرَاطِيم ḵarāṭīm
Nominative	خَرَاطِيمُ ḵarāṭīmu	الْخَرَاطِيمُ al-ḵarāṭīmu	خَرَاطِيمُ ḵarāṭīmu
Accusative	خَرَاطِيمَ ḵarāṭīma	الْخَرَاطِيمَ al-ḵarāṭīma	خَرَاطِيمَ ḵarāṭīma
Genitive	خَرَاطِيمَ ḵarāṭīma	الْخَرَاطِيمِ al-ḵarāṭīmi	خَرَاطِيمِ ḵarāṭīmi

Descendants

• → Maltese: ħartum
• → Azerbaijani: xortum
• → Georgian: ხორთუმი (xortumi)
• → Greek: χαρτούμι (chartoúmi)
• → Ottoman Turkish: خرطوم
  • Turkish: hortum
  • → Romanian: furtun, hortum

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “خرطوم”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 164–165
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “خرطوم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 724
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خرطوم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 320
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “خرطوم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 330

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic خُرْطُوم (ḵurṭūm).

Noun

خرطوم • (hurtum or hortum)

1. nose, snout, proboscis
2. hose

Descendants

• Turkish: hortum
• → Romanian: furtun, hortum

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hortum”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خرطوم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 840
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN