عمة

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع م م (ʿ-m-m).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕim.ma/
Noun

عِمَّة (ʿimma) f (plural عِمَّات (ʿimmāt) or عَمَم (ʿamam))

  1. way of putting on the turban
  2. (uncommon) turban
    Synonym: عِمَامَة (ʿimāma) (the common term)
Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕam.ma/
Noun

عَمَّة (ʿamma) f (plural عَمَّات (ʿammāt), masculine عَمّ (ʿamm))

  1. paternal aunt (sister of one's father)
Declension

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), عمة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 168
  • Freytag, Georg (1833), عمة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 217
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), عمة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2149
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), عمة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 724
  • Wahrmund, Adolf (1887), عمة”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache (in German), volume 2, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 309
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), عمة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 876
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