تمساح

Arabic

Etymology

From Coptic ⲙⲥⲁϩ (msah), from Egyptian mzḥ (“crocodile”). Perhaps with the singular feminine definite article ⲧⲉ- (te-), though ⲙⲥⲁϩ (msah) is a masculine word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tim.saːħ/

Noun

تِمْسَاح • (timsāḥ) m (plural تَمَاسِيح (tamāsīḥ))

1. crocodile, alligator
2. (slang, Egypt) one of the 1976–84 models of a Mercedes Benz

Declension

Declension of noun تِمْسَاح (timsāḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تِمْسَاح timsāḥ	التِّمْسَاح at-timsāḥ	تِمْسَاح timsāḥ
Nominative	تِمْسَاحٌ timsāḥun	التِّمْسَاحُ at-timsāḥu	تِمْسَاحُ timsāḥu
Accusative	تِمْسَاحًا timsāḥan	التِّمْسَاحَ at-timsāḥa	تِمْسَاحَ timsāḥa
Genitive	تِمْسَاحٍ timsāḥin	التِّمْسَاحِ at-timsāḥi	تِمْسَاحِ timsāḥi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تِمْسَاحَيْن timsāḥayn	التِّمْسَاحَيْن at-timsāḥayn	تِمْسَاحَيْ timsāḥay
Nominative	تِمْسَاحَانِ timsāḥāni	التِّمْسَاحَانِ at-timsāḥāni	تِمْسَاحَا timsāḥā
Accusative	تِمْسَاحَيْنِ timsāḥayni	التِّمْسَاحَيْنِ at-timsāḥayni	تِمْسَاحَيْ timsāḥay
Genitive	تِمْسَاحَيْنِ timsāḥayni	التِّمْسَاحَيْنِ at-timsāḥayni	تِمْسَاحَيْ timsāḥay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَمَاسِيح tamāsīḥ	التَّمَاسِيح at-tamāsīḥ	تَمَاسِيح tamāsīḥ
Nominative	تَمَاسِيحُ tamāsīḥu	التَّمَاسِيحُ at-tamāsīḥu	تَمَاسِيحُ tamāsīḥu
Accusative	تَمَاسِيحَ tamāsīḥa	التَّمَاسِيحَ at-tamāsīḥa	تَمَاسِيحَ tamāsīḥa
Genitive	تَمَاسِيحَ tamāsīḥa	التَّمَاسِيحِ at-tamāsīḥi	تَمَاسِيحِ tamāsīḥi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: timsah
• → Central Kurdish: تیمساح (tîmsaḧ)
• → Ottoman Turkish: تمساح (timsah)
  • Turkish: timsah
  • Crimean Tatar: timsah
• → Hebrew: תמסח (timsakh)
• → Uyghur: تىمساھ (timsah)
• → Uzbek: timsoh

Ottoman Turkish

تمساح

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تِمْسَاح (timsāḥ, “crocodile, alligator”).

Noun

تمساح • (timsah) (plural تماسیح (temasih))

1. crocodile, alligator any of various large reptiles in the order Crocodilia

   Synonym: نهنگ (neheng)

Derived terms

• تمساحیه (timsahiye, “crocodilian”)

Descendants

• Turkish: timsah
• Crimean Tatar: timsah

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “timsah”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4828
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تمساح”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 402
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Crocodillus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 303
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “تمساح”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1390
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “timsah”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تمساح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 593

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic تِمْسَاح (timsāḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tim.sɑːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɪm.sɑːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɪm.sɑːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɪm.sɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰim.sɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰem.sɒːʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰim.sɔʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	timsāh
Dari reading?	timsāh
Iranian reading?	temsâh
Tajik reading?	timsoh

Noun

Dari	تمساح
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тимсоҳ

تمساح • (temsâh) (plural تمساح‌ها (temsâh-hâ))

1. alligator
2. crocodile

   Synonym: کروکودیل (kerokodil)

Declension

Enclitic-attached forms of تمساح (temsâh) (Iranian Persian)

Basic forms of تمساح (temsâh) singular plural bare تمساح (temsâh) تمساح‌ها (temsâh-hấ) تمساحا △ (temsâhấ) definitive direct object تمساح را (temsâh râ) تمساح رو △ (temsâho) تمساح‌ها را (temsâh-hấ râ) تمساحا رو △ (temsâhấ ro) ezâfe تمساح (temsâh-e) تمساح‌های (temsâh-hấ-ye) تمساحای △ (temsâhấ-ye) marked indefinite or relative definite تمساحی (temsâh-i) تمساح‌هایی (temsâhấn-i, temsâh-hấ-i) تمساحایی △ (temsâhấi) △ Colloquial.     Possessive forms of تمساح (temsâh) singular plural 1st person singular (“my”) تمساحم (temsâham) تمساح‌هایم (temsâh-hấyam) تمساح‌هام، تمساحام △ (temsâhấm) 2nd person singular (“your”) تمساحت (temsâhat) [Term?] △ (temsâhet) تمساح‌هایت (temsâh-hấyat) تمساح‌هات، تمساحات △ (temsâhất) 3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) تمساحش (temsâhaš) [Term?] △ (temsâheš) تمساح‌هایش (temsâh-hấyaš) تمساح‌هاش، تمساحاش △ (temsâhấš) 1st plural (“our”) تمساحمان (temsâhemân) تمساحمون △ (temsâhemun) تمساح‌هایمان (temsâh-hấyemân) تمساح‌هامون، تمساحامون △ (temsâhấmun) 2nd plural (“your”) تمساحتان (temsâhetân) تمساحتون △ (temsâhetun) تمساح‌هایتان (temsâh-hấyetân) تمساح‌هاتون، تمساحاتون △ (temsâhấtun) 3rd plural (“their”) تمساحشان (temsâhešân) تمساحشون △ (temsâhešun) تمساح‌هایشان (temsâh-hấyešân) تمساح‌هاشون، تمساحاشون △ (temsâhấšun) △ Colloquial.     Predicative forms of تمساح (temsâh) singular plural 1st person (“I am, we are”) تمساحم (temsâham) تمساحیم (temsâhim) 2nd person (“you are”) تمساحی (temsâhi) تمساحید (temsâhid) تمساحین △ (temsâhin) 3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”) تمساح است (temsâh ast) تمساحه △ (temsâhe) تمساحند (temsâhand) تمساحن △ (temsâhan) △ Colloquial.

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• تمسيح (tamsīḥ)

Etymology

From Arabic تِمْسَاح (timsāḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tim.saːħ/, [tɪmˈsæːħ]

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Noun

تمساح • (timsāḥ) m (plural تماسيح (tamāsīḥ))

1. crocodile
2. alligator