حمال

See also: جمال

Arabic

حَمَّال

Etymology 1

Occupational noun from the root ح م ل (ḥ-m-l).

Noun

حَمَّال • (ḥammāl) m (plural حَمَّالُون (ḥammālūn) or حَمَّالَة (ḥammāla), feminine حَمَّالَة (ḥammāla))

1. porter, carrier

Declension

Declension of noun حَمَّال (ḥammāl)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَمَّال ḥammāl	الْحَمَّال al-ḥammāl	حَمَّال ḥammāl	حَمَّالَة ḥammāla	الْحَمَّالَة al-ḥammāla	حَمَّالَة ḥammālat
Nominative	حَمَّالٌ ḥammālun	الْحَمَّالُ al-ḥammālu	حَمَّالُ ḥammālu	حَمَّالَةٌ ḥammālatun	الْحَمَّالَةُ al-ḥammālatu	حَمَّالَةُ ḥammālatu
Accusative	حَمَّالًا ḥammālan	الْحَمَّالَ al-ḥammāla	حَمَّالَ ḥammāla	حَمَّالَةً ḥammālatan	الْحَمَّالَةَ al-ḥammālata	حَمَّالَةَ ḥammālata
Genitive	حَمَّالٍ ḥammālin	الْحَمَّالِ al-ḥammāli	حَمَّالِ ḥammāli	حَمَّالَةٍ ḥammālatin	الْحَمَّالَةِ al-ḥammālati	حَمَّالَةِ ḥammālati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَمَّالَيْن ḥammālayn	الْحَمَّالَيْن al-ḥammālayn	حَمَّالَيْ ḥammālay	حَمَّالَتَيْن ḥammālatayn	الْحَمَّالَتَيْن al-ḥammālatayn	حَمَّالَتَيْ ḥammālatay
Nominative	حَمَّالَانِ ḥammālāni	الْحَمَّالَانِ al-ḥammālāni	حَمَّالَا ḥammālā	حَمَّالَتَانِ ḥammālatāni	الْحَمَّالَتَانِ al-ḥammālatāni	حَمَّالَتَا ḥammālatā
Accusative	حَمَّالَيْنِ ḥammālayni	الْحَمَّالَيْنِ al-ḥammālayni	حَمَّالَيْ ḥammālay	حَمَّالَتَيْنِ ḥammālatayni	الْحَمَّالَتَيْنِ al-ḥammālatayni	حَمَّالَتَيْ ḥammālatay
Genitive	حَمَّالَيْنِ ḥammālayni	الْحَمَّالَيْنِ al-ḥammālayni	حَمَّالَيْ ḥammālay	حَمَّالَتَيْنِ ḥammālatayni	الْحَمَّالَتَيْنِ al-ḥammālatayni	حَمَّالَتَيْ ḥammālatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَمَّالِين‎; حَمَّالَة ḥammālīn‎; ḥammāla	الْحَمَّالِين‎; الْحَمَّالَة al-ḥammālīn‎; al-ḥammāla	حَمَّالِي‎; حَمَّالَة ḥammālī‎; ḥammālat	حَمَّالَات ḥammālāt	الْحَمَّالَات al-ḥammālāt	حَمَّالَات ḥammālāt
Nominative	حَمَّالُونَ‎; حَمَّالَةٌ ḥammālūna‎; ḥammālatun	الْحَمَّالُونَ‎; الْحَمَّالَةُ al-ḥammālūna‎; al-ḥammālatu	حَمَّالُو‎; حَمَّالَةُ ḥammālū‎; ḥammālatu	حَمَّالَاتٌ ḥammālātun	الْحَمَّالَاتُ al-ḥammālātu	حَمَّالَاتُ ḥammālātu
Accusative	حَمَّالِينَ‎; حَمَّالَةً ḥammālīna‎; ḥammālatan	الْحَمَّالِينَ‎; الْحَمَّالَةَ al-ḥammālīna‎; al-ḥammālata	حَمَّالِي‎; حَمَّالَةَ ḥammālī‎; ḥammālata	حَمَّالَاتٍ ḥammālātin	الْحَمَّالَاتِ al-ḥammālāti	حَمَّالَاتِ ḥammālāti
Genitive	حَمَّالِينَ‎; حَمَّالَةٍ ḥammālīna‎; ḥammālatin	الْحَمَّالِينَ‎; الْحَمَّالَةِ al-ḥammālīna‎; al-ḥammālati	حَمَّالِي‎; حَمَّالَةِ ḥammālī‎; ḥammālati	حَمَّالَاتٍ ḥammālātin	الْحَمَّالَاتِ al-ḥammālāti	حَمَّالَاتِ ḥammālāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: hambal
• → Ottoman Turkish: حمال (hammāl)
  • Turkish: hamal
  • → Armenian: համալ (hamal), համբալ (hambal)
  • → Macedonian: амал (amal)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ха̀ма̄л

    Latin script: hàmāl

• → Northern Kurdish: hemal, hambal
• → Persian: حمال (hammâl)
  • → Russian: амба́л (ambál), анба́л (anbál), амва́л (amvál)
• → English: hammal, hamal
• → Italian: camallo
• → Swahili: hamali

Etymology 2

Noun

حِمَال • (ḥimāl) pl

1. plural of حَمْل (ḥaml)

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Ottoman Turkish

حمال

Etymology

From Arabic حَمَّال (ḥammāl).

Noun

حمال • (hammal, hamal) (feminine حماله (hammale, hamale))

1. porter, carrier

Descendants

• Turkish: hamal
• → Armenian: համալ (hamal), համբալ (hambal)
• → Macedonian: амал (amal)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ха̀ма̄л

  Latin script: hàmāl

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “حمال”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1], Vienna, column 1803