ἁρμαλά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀρμαρά (armará)

Etymology

A loanword from a Semitic source. Compare Akkadian 𒌑𒀀𒈾𒈨𒊒 (anamiru, “medical and ritual herb”) and Hebrew אַלְמָן (ʾalmān).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.maˈla/ → /ar.maˈla/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ar.maˈla/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.maˈla/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.maˈla/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.maˈla/

Noun

ἁρμαλᾱ́ • (harmalā́) ? (indeclinable)

1. harmal (Peganum harmala)

   Synonym: ἀγρῐοπήγᾰνον (agriopḗganon)

Descendants

• Classical Syriac: ܐܪܡܠܐ (ˀarmalā)
• → Arabic: حَرْمَل (ḥarmal)
• → English: harmal

Further reading

• “ἁρμαλά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἁρμαλά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἁρμαλά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN