See also: سرمہ

Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Turkish sürmek (to draw along, rub, smear) or, alternatively, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (to cover, conceal).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? surma
Dari reading? surma
Iranian reading? sorme
Tajik reading? surma

Noun edit

Dari سرمه
Iranian Persian
Tajik сурма

سرمه (sorme)

  1. kohl, collyrium
  2. antimony
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Persian *sarmag, from Proto-Iranian *caranáh, which gave rise to Arabic سَرْمَق (sarmaq, orach) and Classical Syriac ܣܪܡܓ (srmg, orach).

The forms سرمج (sarmaj) and سرمق (sarmaq) are from Arabic. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? sarma
Dari reading? sarma
Iranian reading? sarme
Tajik reading? sarma

Noun edit

سرمه (sarme)

  1. orach
Alternative forms edit

References edit

  • srmg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 922b
  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 227
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 337
  • Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎[3] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 159 Nr. 466
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “سرمه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul