الماس

See also: ألماس‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian الماس‎.

Noun

الماس • (elmas)

1. diamond
2. jewel

Derived terms

• الماسجی‎ (elmasci, “diamond merchant”)

Descendants

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

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “الماس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 140
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “الماس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 189

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /alˈmɑːs/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /alˈmɑːs/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ælˈmɒːs/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /alˈmɔs/

Noun

Dari	الماس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	алмос (almos)

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

• → Arabic: أَلْمَاس‎ (ʔalmās)
  • Gulf Arabic: ألماص‎ (əlmasˤ)
  • → Swahili: almasi
• → Bashkir: алмас (almas)
• → Georgian: ალმასი (almasi)
  • → Ossetian: алмаси (almasi)
• → Kazakh: алмас (almas)
• → Middle Armenian: ալմաս (almas), ալմաստ (almast), ալմազ (almaz), էլմաս (ēlmas)
  • → Armenian: ալմաս (almas)
• → Russian: алма́з (almáz)
  • → Azerbaijani: almaz
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: अलमास (almās)

  Urdu: الماس‎ (almās)

• → Kyrgyz: алмас (almas)
• → Southern Altai: алмаз (almaz)
• → Ottoman Turkish: الماس‎ (elmas)
  • Turkish: elmas, almas
  • → Bulgarian: елмаз (elmaz)
• → Tatar: алмас (almas), алмаз (almaz)
• → Uzbek: olmos

References

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian الماس‎ (almâs).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əl.mɑːs/

Noun

الماس • (almās) m (Hindi spelling अलमास)

1. diamond
2. adamant

Synonyms

• ہیرا‎

Related terms

• الماسی‎
• الماس تراش‎