زمج

See also: رمح, زمخ, and زمح

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zum.mad͡ʒ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian *zumag, compare Chagatai زمج (zummaj, “steppe eagle, Aquila nipalensis”) known from the Bāburnāma and metathetical Hindi जुमिज़ (jumiz, “steppe eagle, Aquila nipalensis; eastern imperial eagle, Aquila heliaca”) and Classical Syriac ܙܘܡܐ (zūmā, zaumā) without the suffix from Middle Persian *zum. Classical Persian زمنج (zimunj, ziminj), زمچ (zimič).

Noun

زُمَّج or زُمْج or زَمَج • (zummaj or zumj or zamaj) m (plural زَمَامِج (zamāmij))

1. (obsolete) steppe eagle, Aquila nipalensis
   • a. 1283, Abū Yahyā Zakariyāʾ ibn Muhammad al-Qazwīnīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات [ʿajāʾib al-maḵlūqāt wa-ḡarāʾib al-mawjūdāt]‎^[1], Göttingen: Verlag der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, published 1849, pages 415–416:

Declension

Declension of noun زُمَّج (zummaj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زُمَّج zummaj	الزُّمَّج az-zummaj	زُمَّج zummaj
Nominative	زُمَّجٌ zummajun	الزُّمَّجُ az-zummaju	زُمَّجُ zummaju
Accusative	زُمَّجًا zummajan	الزُّمَّجَ az-zummaja	زُمَّجَ zummaja
Genitive	زُمَّجٍ zummajin	الزُّمَّجِ az-zummaji	زُمَّجِ zummaji
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زُمَّجَيْن zummajayn	الزُّمَّجَيْن az-zummajayn	زُمَّجَيْ zummajay
Nominative	زُمَّجَانِ zummajāni	الزُّمَّجَانِ az-zummajāni	زُمَّجَا zummajā
Accusative	زُمَّجَيْنِ zummajayni	الزُّمَّجَيْنِ az-zummajayni	زُمَّجَيْ zummajay
Genitive	زُمَّجَيْنِ zummajayni	الزُّمَّجَيْنِ az-zummajayni	زُمَّجَيْ zummajay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَمَامِج zamāmij	الزَّمَامِج az-zamāmij	زَمَامِج zamāmij
Nominative	زَمَامِجُ zamāmiju	الزَّمَامِجُ az-zamāmiju	زَمَامِجُ zamāmiju
Accusative	زَمَامِجَ zamāmija	الزَّمَامِجَ az-zamāmija	زَمَامِجَ zamāmija
Genitive	زَمَامِجَ zamāmija	الزَّمَامِجِ az-zamāmiji	زَمَامِجِ zamāmiji

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian *zamag, compare Classical Persian زمه (zama, “vitriol, alum”), زنج (zunj, zanj, zinj, “resin; chin = زنخ (zanax)”). Doublet of زَاج (zāj, “vitriol”) and صَمْغ (ṣamḡ, “resin”).

Noun

زُمَّج or زَمَج or زَمْج • (zummaj or zamaj or zamj) m (obsolete)

1. gum arabic
2. raisins

Declension

Declension of noun زُمَّج (zummaj)‎; زَمَج (zamaj)‎; زَمْج (zamj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زُمَّج‎; زَمَج‎; زَمْج zummaj‎; zamaj‎; zamj	الزُّمَّج‎; الزَّمَج‎; الزَّمْج az-zummaj‎; az-zamaj‎; az-zamj	زُمَّج‎; زَمَج‎; زَمْج zummaj‎; zamaj‎; zamj
Nominative	زُمَّجٌ‎; زَمَجٌ‎; زَمْجٌ zummajun‎; zamajun‎; zamjun	الزُّمَّجُ‎; الزَّمَجُ‎; الزَّمْجُ az-zummaju‎; az-zamaju‎; az-zamju	زُمَّجُ‎; زَمَجُ‎; زَمْجُ zummaju‎; zamaju‎; zamju
Accusative	زُمَّجًا‎; زَمَجًا‎; زَمْجًا zummajan‎; zamajan‎; zamjan	الزُّمَّجَ‎; الزَّمَجَ‎; الزَّمْجَ az-zummaja‎; az-zamaja‎; az-zamja	زُمَّجَ‎; زَمَجَ‎; زَمْجَ zummaja‎; zamaja‎; zamja
Genitive	زُمَّجٍ‎; زَمَجٍ‎; زَمْجٍ zummajin‎; zamajin‎; zamjin	الزُّمَّجِ‎; الزَّمَجِ‎; الزَّمْجِ az-zummaji‎; az-zamaji‎; az-zamji	زُمَّجِ‎; زَمَجِ‎; زَمْجِ zummaji‎; zamaji‎; zamji

References

• Asbaghi, Asya (1988) Persische Lehnwörter im Arabischen‎^[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 147
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زمج”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[3] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 602b
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “زمج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[4] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 252a
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “زمج”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[5] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1009
• Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎^[6] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 204 Nr. 599, 207 Nr. 610
• Piamenta, Moshe (1991) Dictionary of Post-Classical Yemeni Arabic, volume 1, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 204b
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “زمج”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[7] (in Latin), volume 2, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, pages 141a, 142b, 147b