قمه

See also: قمة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِمَّة (qimma, “top, peak, crown”).

Noun

قمه • (kımme) (plural قمم (kımem))

1. crown, the topmost part of the head

   Synonym: تپه (tepe)

2. (botany) crown, the top of a tree
3. summit, top, apex, peak, vertex

   Synonyms: تپه (tepe), ذروه (zirve), طوروق (doruk), قله (kulle)

Derived terms

• قمی (kımmî, “crowned”)

Descendants

• Turkish: kımme

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kımme”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2607
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قمه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 972
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قمه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 3762
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قمه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1473

Persian

Alternative forms

• قامه (qâme)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قامه (kama).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäm.mǽ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæm.mé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qäm.mǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	qamma
Iranian reading?	ğamme
Tajik reading?	qamma

Noun

قمه • (qamme)

1. machete.