تمساح
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Coptic ⲙⲥⲁϩ (msah), from Egyptian
mzḥ (“crocodile”). Perhaps with the singular feminine definite article ⲧⲉ- (te-), though ⲙⲥⲁϩ (msah) is a masculine word.
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
تِمْسَاح • (timsāḥ) m (plural تَمَاسِيح (tamāsīḥ))
Declension edit
Declension of noun تِمْسَاح (timsāḥ)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | تِمْسَاح timsāḥ |
التِّمْسَاح at-timsāḥ |
تِمْسَاح timsāḥ |
Nominative | تِمْسَاحٌ timsāḥun |
التِّمْسَاحُ at-timsāḥu |
تِمْسَاحُ timsāḥu |
Accusative | تِمْسَاحًا timsāḥan |
التِّمْسَاحَ at-timsāḥa |
تِمْسَاحَ timsāḥa |
Genitive | تِمْسَاحٍ timsāḥin |
التِّمْسَاحِ at-timsāḥi |
تِمْسَاحِ timsāḥi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | تِمْسَاحَيْن timsāḥayn |
التِّمْسَاحَيْن at-timsāḥayn |
تِمْسَاحَيْ timsāḥay |
Nominative | تِمْسَاحَانِ timsāḥāni |
التِّمْسَاحَانِ at-timsāḥāni |
تِمْسَاحَا timsāḥā |
Accusative | تِمْسَاحَيْنِ timsāḥayni |
التِّمْسَاحَيْنِ at-timsāḥayni |
تِمْسَاحَيْ timsāḥay |
Genitive | تِمْسَاحَيْنِ timsāḥayni |
التِّمْسَاحَيْنِ at-timsāḥayni |
تِمْسَاحَيْ timsāḥay |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | تَمَاسِيح tamāsīḥ |
التَّمَاسِيح at-tamāsīḥ |
تَمَاسِيح tamāsīḥ |
Nominative | تَمَاسِيحُ tamāsīḥu |
التَّمَاسِيحُ at-tamāsīḥu |
تَمَاسِيحُ tamāsīḥu |
Accusative | تَمَاسِيحَ tamāsīḥa |
التَّمَاسِيحَ at-tamāsīḥa |
تَمَاسِيحَ tamāsīḥa |
Genitive | تَمَاسِيحَ tamāsīḥa |
التَّمَاسِيحِ at-tamāsīḥi |
تَمَاسِيحِ tamāsīḥi |
Descendants edit
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic تِمْسَاح (timsāḥ, “crocodile, alligator”).
Noun edit
تمساح • (timsah) (plural تماسیح (temasih))
- crocodile, alligator any of various large reptiles in the order Crocodilia
- Synonym: نهنگ (neheng)
Derived terms edit
- تمساحیه (timsahiye, “crocodilian”)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “timsah”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4828
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تمساح”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 402
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Crocodillus”, 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[2], Vienna, column 303
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “تمساح”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 1390
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “timsah”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تمساح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 593
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic تِمْسَاح (timsāḥ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [tim.sɑːh]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰem.sɒːʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰim.sɔʱ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | timsāh |
Dari reading? | timsāh |
Iranian reading? | temsâh |
Tajik reading? | timsoh |
Noun edit
Dari | تمساح |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | тимсоҳ |
تمساح • (temsâh) (plural تمساحها (temsâh-hâ))
Declension edit
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South Levantine Arabic edit
Alternative forms edit
- تمسيح (tamsīḥ)
Etymology edit
From Arabic تِمْسَاح (timsāḥ).