Dom
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɑm/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɒm/
- Rhymes: -ɒm
Etymology 1 edit
Shortening.
Proper noun edit
Dom
- A unisex given name, a form of Dominic or Dominique.
Etymology 2 edit
From Portuguese dom, and its source, Latin dominus.
Noun edit
Dom (plural Doms)
- A title given to royalty and high-ranking ecclesiastics in Portugal and Brazil.
- A title given to Roman Catholic monastic dignitaries.
Etymology 3 edit
From Hindi [Term?], from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma).
Noun edit
Dom (plural Doms)
- A caste (or member of this caste) in Indian society, originally comprising drummers or travelling musicians and now generally referring to a Dalit subcaste responsible for the cremation and disposal of dead bodies.
- 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 2:
- Chand Ghat, where Dolly lives, is primarily a Dom neighbourhood, home to a small community of corpse-burners.
Etymology 4 edit
Proper noun edit
Dom
- An Indo-Aryan ethnic group, living mainly in the Middle East and North Africa.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Thum (obsolete since early 19th c.)
Etymology edit
15th-century alteration (see below) of older Thum, from Middle High German and Old High German tuom, from Proto-West Germanic *dōm (whence Old Dutch duom, Middle Low German dôm), from Medieval Latin domus (literally “house”). The use probably goes back to domus episcopatus/episcopalis (“house of the bishopric”).[1][2] An alternative theory derives it from domus ecclesiae (“church house”), after Ancient Greek οἶκος τῆς ἐκκλησίας (oîkos tês ekklēsías).[3]
The modern alteration Dom follows Middle French dome, from Italian duomo, from the Latin. It was probably reinforced by the inherited Middle Low German form (see above).[4] Thum survived longest in the south.[5] The Dutch cognate dom was similarly influenced by French.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Dom m (strong, genitive Doms or Domes, plural Dome)
- cathedral (church serving as seat of a bishop, by extension, any large church)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ „Dom“, in Pfeifer, Wolfgang et al.: Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (1993), digitalisierte Version im Digitalen Wörterbuch der Deutschen Sprache.
- ^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “dom1”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
- ^ Dom, Duden.
- ^ Paul, Hermann: Deutsche Grammatik, vol. I, Halle a.S., 1916, p. 333, 335.
- ^ Adelung, Johann Christoph: Grammatisch-Kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart, vol. I, Leipzig, 1793, col. 1513.
Further reading edit
- “Dom” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Dom (Gesteinsstruktur, Kesselaufsatz)” in Duden online
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Dom
Noun edit
Dom m (plural Dons)
- honorific title usually used before a man's name, equivalent to Spanish Don; it has historically been used by members of the high nobility in Portugal and Brazil
- Synonym: (abbreviation) D.
Related terms edit
- Dona f
Saterland Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian dam, from Proto-West Germanic *damm. Cognates include West Frisian dam and German Damm.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Dom m (plural Domme)