تموز

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܬܡܘܙ (tāmūz), ultimately from Akkadian 𒌚𒋗 (dumuzu). Cognate with Hebrew תַּמּוּז (tammuz, “Tammuz, the fourth month of the Hebrew lunisolar calendar”).

Proper noun

تَمُّوز • (tammūz) m

1. July (Solar calendar used in Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq)

Declension

Declension of noun تَمُّوز (tammūz)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	تَمُّوز tammūz	—
Nominative	—	تَمُّوزُ tammūzu	—
Accusative	—	تَمُّوزَ tammūza	—
Genitive	—	تَمُّوزَ tammūza	—

Descendants

• → Persian: تمّوز (tammuz)

See also

• (month): Previous: حَزِيرَان (ḥazīrān). Next: آب (ʔāb)
• رَجَب (rajab)
• يُولِيُو (yūliyō)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic تموز.

Proper noun

تموز • (temmuz)

1. July

Descendants

• Turkish: temmuz

References

• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “تموز”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 167

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمُّوز (tammūz), from Classical Syriac ܬܡܘܙ.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tam.ˈmuːz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.múːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.múːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.múːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.múz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæm.múːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.múz]

Readings
Classical reading?	tammūz
Dari reading?	tammūz
Iranian reading?	tammuz
Tajik reading?	tammuz

Noun

Dari	تمّوز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	таммуз

تمّوز • (tammuz)

1. (Syriac calendar) July

See also

• (month): Previous: حزیران (hazirân). Next: آب (âb)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “تموز”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تَمُّوز (tammūz), from Classical Syriac ܬܡܘܙ (tāmūz).

Noun

تمّوز • (tammūz) m

1. (formal) July

   Synonym: شهر سبعة (šahr sabʕa)

See also

Gregorian calendar months in South Levantine Arabic · أشهر التقويم الميلادي (ʔašhor it-taqwīm il-mīlādi) (layout · text)
January	February	March	April
شهر واحد (šahr wāḥad), كانون التاني (kānūn it-tāni)	شهر تنين (šahr tnēn), شباط (šbāṭ)	شهر تلاتة (šahr talāte), آذار (ʔāḏār)	شهر أربعة (šahr arbaʕa), نيسان (nīsān)
May	June	July	August
شهر خمسة (šahr ḵamse), أيّار (ʔayyār)	شهر ستّة (šahr sitte), حزيران (ḥazīrān)	شهر سبعة (šahr sabʕa), تمّوز (tammūz)	شهر تمانية (šahr tamanye), آب (ʔāb)
September	October	November	December
شهر تسعة (šahr tisʕa), أيلول (ʔēlūl)	شهر عشرة (šahr ʕašara), تشرين الأوّل (tišrīn il-ʔawwal)	شهر حدعش (šahr ḥdaʕš), تشرين التاني (tišrīn it-tāni)	شهر تنعش (šahr tnaʕš), كانون الأوّل (kānūn il-ʔawwal)