خامه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خامه (xâme, “reed; pen”).

Noun

خامه • (hame)

1. reed, especially when cut and dried for use

   Synonym: قلم (kalem)

2. pen, a writing instrument originally made of reed

   Synonym: قلم (kalem)

3. kind of graving tool, such as a stonecutter's chisel
4. pencil, or other instrument for writing or ruling

   Synonym: قلم (kalem)

Derived terms

• خامه زن (hame zen, “reed-pens nibber”)
• خامه فولاد (hame-i fulad, “pen of steel”)
• خامه مو (hame-i mu, “camel-hair brush”)
• خامه گذار (hame-i güzar, “writing”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: hame

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hame2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1857
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خامه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 529
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Calamus”, 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 134
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “خامه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1846
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خامه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 826

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ˈma]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.mǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.mǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.mǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.mǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.mé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.mǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	xāma
Dari reading?	xāma
Iranian reading?	xâme
Tajik reading?	xoma

Noun

Dari	خامه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хома

خامه • (xâme)

1. reed, especially when cut and dried for use
2. pen, a writing instrument originally made of reed
3. kind of graving tool, such as a stonecutter's chisel
4. pencil, or other instrument for writing or ruling
5. cream

Descendants

• ⇒ Khalaj: xâmatu
• ⇒ Urdu: خامہ