حماما

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܚܡܵܡܵܐ (ḥəmāmā). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἄμωμον (ámōmon) → Latin amōmum, an Oriental borrowing. The source of this word is lost. It is also not certain which plants were really denoted in antiquity by these words – regard in particular that the genus Amomum alone comprises around two hundred species and new ones are found.

Noun

حَمَامَا • (ḥamāmā) f

1. amomum

Declension

Declension of noun حَمَامَا (ḥamāmā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَمَامَا ḥamāmā	الْحَمَامَا al-ḥamāmā	حَمَامَا ḥamāmā
Nominative	حَمَامَا ḥamāmā	الْحَمَامَا al-ḥamāmā	حَمَامَا ḥamāmā
Accusative	حَمَامَا ḥamāmā	الْحَمَامَا al-ḥamāmā	حَمَامَا ḥamāmā
Genitive	حَمَامَا ḥamāmā	الْحَمَامَا al-ḥamāmā	حَمَامَا ḥamāmā

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: համամայ (hamamay)

Noun

حَمَامًا • (ḥamāman)

1. indeterminate state accusative singular of حَمَام (ḥamām)

Noun

حَمَّامًا • (ḥammāman)

1. indeterminate state accusative singular of حَمَّام (ḥammām)

References

• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 169