الماس

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Ottoman Turkish

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الماس

Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian الماس (almâs, diamond).

Noun

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الماس (elmas)

  1. diamond, a transparent and colorless mineral, that is an allotrope of carbon

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: elmas, almas (dialectal)
  • Bulgarian: елмаз (elmaz)

Further reading

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Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Middle Persian ʾlmʾs (almās); see there for further information.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? almās
Dari reading? almās
Iranian reading? almâs
Tajik reading? almos

Noun

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Dari الماس
Iranian Persian
Tajik алмос

الماس (almâs) (plural الماس‌ها (almâs-hâ))

  1. diamond
    • 1330, Hamdullāh-i Mustawfī, Tārīx-i Guzīda:
      الماس ... در دره‌های کوه سراندیب میباشد و از بیم افاعی درو نمیتوان رفت و بحیله و سعی طیور بیرون می‌آورند و بدین سبب پاره‌های بزرگ نمیتوان یافت.
      almās ... dar darra-hā-yi kōh-i Sarāndīb mē-bāšad wa az bīm-i afā'ī dar-ō namē-tawān raft wa ba-hīla u sa'y-i tuyūr bērūn mē-āwarand wa badīn sabab pāra-hā-yi buzurg namē-tawān yāft.
      Diamond ... is found in the valleys of mountain [groups] of Serendib, and it's not possible to go there because of the snakes, and they extract it using birds, so large pieces can not be obtained.

Descendants

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References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “almās(t)”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 7

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian الماس (almās).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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الماس (almāsm (Hindi spelling अलमास)

  1. diamond
  2. adamant

Synonyms

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