زمام
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Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably a culture word, an early borrowing from Aramaic זְמָמָא / ܙܡܳܡܳܐ (zəmāmā, “reins”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
زِمَام • (zimām) m (plural أَزِمَّة (ʔazimma))
- reins
- (figuratively) power, control, leads, initiative, reins
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) day book, register
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) ground, land
Declension[edit]
Declension of noun زِمَام (zimām)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | زِمَام zimām |
الزِّمَام az-zimām |
زِمَام zimām |
Nominative | زِمَامٌ zimāmun |
الزِّمَامُ az-zimāmu |
زِمَامُ zimāmu |
Accusative | زِمَامًا zimāman |
الزِّمَامَ az-zimāma |
زِمَامَ zimāma |
Genitive | زِمَامٍ zimāmin |
الزِّمَامِ az-zimāmi |
زِمَامِ zimāmi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | زِمَامَيْن zimāmayn |
الزِّمَامَيْن az-zimāmayn |
زِمَامَيْ zimāmay |
Nominative | زِمَامَانِ zimāmāni |
الزِّمَامَانِ az-zimāmāni |
زِمَامَا zimāmā |
Accusative | زِمَامَيْنِ zimāmayni |
الزِّمَامَيْنِ az-zimāmayni |
زِمَامَيْ zimāmay |
Genitive | زِمَامَيْنِ zimāmayni |
الزِّمَامَيْنِ az-zimāmayni |
زِمَامَيْ zimāmay |
Plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَزِمَّة ʔazimma |
الْأَزِمَّة al-ʔazimma |
أَزِمَّة ʔazimmat |
Nominative | أَزِمَّةٌ ʔazimmatun |
الْأَزِمَّةُ al-ʔazimmatu |
أَزِمَّةُ ʔazimmatu |
Accusative | أَزِمَّةً ʔazimmatan |
الْأَزِمَّةَ al-ʔazimmata |
أَزِمَّةَ ʔazimmata |
Genitive | أَزِمَّةٍ ʔazimmatin |
الْأَزِمَّةِ al-ʔazimmati |
أَزِمَّةِ ʔazimmati |
Derived terms[edit]
- زَمَّ (zamma, “to tie, to fix, to bind”), present يَزُمُّ (yazummu)
- زَمَّمَ (zammama, “to bridle”)
- اِنْزَمَّ (inzamma, “to become tied, to become fixed, to become bound”)
Descendants[edit]
- → Afar: dumaam
- → Amharic: ዝማም (zəmam)
- → Ge'ez: ዝማም (zəmam)
- → Ottoman Turkish: زمام (zimam)
- Turkish: zimam
- → Saho: zumaam
- → Somali: dumaam
- → Tigre: ዝማም (zəmam)
- → Tigrinya: ዝማም (zəmam)
References[edit]
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 638
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 41
Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic زِمَام (zimām, “reins”).
Noun[edit]
زمام • (zimam) (plural ازمه (ezimme))
Derived terms[edit]
- زمامدار (zimamdar, “person who holds the reins”)
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: zimam
Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zimam1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5485
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zimâm”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1428
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زمام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[3], Constantinople: Mihran, page 646
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Habena”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[4], Vienna, column 680
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زمام”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[5], Vienna, column 2462
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زمام”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1012
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