دماغ

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of دَم (dam, “blood”) +‎ مُخّ (muḵḵ, “brain”), compare Arabic دَمْع (damʕ, “tears”) of the same relation with عَيْن (ʕayn, “eye”). While دَمْع (damʕ, “tears”) traces its formation back to Proto-Semitic, the present term is only parallelled by Ethiopian Semitic, Ge'ez ድማሕ (dəmaḥ), ድማኅ (dəmaḫ), ድማህ (dəmah, “head; crown of the head; skull; summit”), Amharic ድማኅ (dəmaḫ, “top of the head”), Argobba ድማኅ (“head”), Gafat dəmʷä (“head”), Silt'e ዱም (dum), Wolane ዱሚ (dumi, “head; hair of head”), Tigre ደምቀት (dämḳät, “crown of the head”), apparently back-formed from later plurals ድማቅ (dəmaḳ), ድመቅ (dəmäḳ), with presumable Gurage borrowings Awngi ዱሚ (dūmī, “top”), Oromo dumi (“head”). While borrowing of at least a part of the terms is manifest, the preservation of guttural fricatives unassimilated in voicedness to the second radical against Arabic points to either inheritance from Proto-West Semitic or borrowing from Old South Arabian whose names of body parts use to be poorly attested.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /di.maːɣ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

دِمَاغ • (dimāḡ) m (plural أَدْمِغَة (ʔadmiḡa) or دُمُغٌ (dumuḡun)) (countable)

  1. (anatomy) brain (control center of the central nervous system)
    Hypernyms: مُخّ (muḵḵ, “the cerebrum”), مُخَّيْخ (muḵḵayḵ, “the cerebellum”)

Declension[edit]

Declension of noun دِمَاغ (dimāḡ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دِمَاغ
dimāḡ 		الدِّمَاغ
ad-dimāḡ 		دِمَاغ
dimāḡ
Nominative دِمَاغٌ
dimāḡun 		الدِّمَاغُ
ad-dimāḡu 		دِمَاغُ
dimāḡu
Accusative دِمَاغًا
dimāḡan 		الدِّمَاغَ
ad-dimāḡa 		دِمَاغَ
dimāḡa
Genitive دِمَاغٍ
dimāḡin 		الدِّمَاغِ
ad-dimāḡi 		دِمَاغِ
dimāḡi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دِمَاغَيْن
dimāḡayn 		الدِّمَاغَيْن
ad-dimāḡayn 		دِمَاغَيْ
dimāḡay
Nominative دِمَاغَانِ
dimāḡāni 		الدِّمَاغَانِ
ad-dimāḡāni 		دِمَاغَا
dimāḡā
Accusative دِمَاغَيْنِ
dimāḡayni 		الدِّمَاغَيْنِ
ad-dimāḡayni 		دِمَاغَيْ
dimāḡay
Genitive دِمَاغَيْنِ
dimāḡayni 		الدِّمَاغَيْنِ
ad-dimāḡayni 		دِمَاغَيْ
dimāḡay
Plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَدْمِغَة‎; دُمُغ
ʔadmiḡa‎; dumuḡ 		الْأَدْمِغَة‎; الدُّمُغ
al-ʔadmiḡa‎; ad-dumuḡ 		أَدْمِغَة‎; دُمُغ
ʔadmiḡat‎; dumuḡ
Nominative أَدْمِغَةٌ‎; دُمُغٌ
ʔadmiḡatun‎; dumuḡun 		الْأَدْمِغَةُ‎; الدُّمُغُ
al-ʔadmiḡatu‎; ad-dumuḡu 		أَدْمِغَةُ‎; دُمُغُ
ʔadmiḡatu‎; dumuḡu
Accusative أَدْمِغَةً‎; دُمُغًا
ʔadmiḡatan‎; dumuḡan 		الْأَدْمِغَةَ‎; الدُّمُغَ
al-ʔadmiḡata‎; ad-dumuḡa 		أَدْمِغَةَ‎; دُمُغَ
ʔadmiḡata‎; dumuḡa
Genitive أَدْمِغَةٍ‎; دُمُغٍ
ʔadmiḡatin‎; dumuḡin 		الْأَدْمِغَةِ‎; الدُّمُغِ
al-ʔadmiḡati‎; ad-dumuḡi 		أَدْمِغَةِ‎; دُمُغِ
ʔadmiḡati‎; dumuḡi

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 478
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 134
  • Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000) “*dimāγ-”, in Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volumes I: Anatomy of Man and Animals, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, page 50 No. 52
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “دماغ”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎[1], London: W.H. Allen

Chagatai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic دِمَاغ (dimāḡ).

Noun[edit]

دماغ (damāğ)

  1. brain

References[edit]

  • András J. E. Bodrogligeti, A Grammar of Chagatay

Egyptian Arabic[edit]

Noun[edit]

دماغ • (dimāḡ) m

  1. (countable) the upper front part of the body of an animal, the head
    ضربت الصرصار على دماغ كسّمه! ― I bashed the cockroach on its fucking head!
    شغّلي دماغك معايا بقا! ― Come on! Use your head, girl!
    Synonym: راس (rās)
    1. (of humans) the crown of the head; the scalp
      رحتله علشان يحلقلك دماغك. ― I/you went to him to get your head shaved.
  2. (uncountable) mind; intelligence; reason
    عاملّي فيها راجل دماغه متفتّحه! ― And you are/he is acting and pretending to be such an open-minded man!
    دا طلع عنده دماغ فعلا. ― It seems that he really has a head after all.
    كبّر دماغك. ― Never mind it./Ignore it./Don't worry about it. [Literally, "Enlarge/expand your head"]
    Synonym: عقل (ʕaʔl)
  3. (countable, uncommon) the brain
    Synonym: مخ (muḵḵ)
  4. (uncountable, informal) the state or feeling of being under the effect of a drug; euphoria, excitement, or stupor from narcosis; being, looking, sounding, or feeling high or stoned
    دا شكله عامل دماغ. ― He looks high.

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic دِمَاغ (dimāḡ, “brain”).

Noun[edit]

دماغ • (dimağ)

  1. brain, the organ which controls the central nervous system
    Synonyms: بینی (beyni), مخ (muh), مغز (mağz)
  2. encephalon the area of central nervous system enclosed within the skull
  3. (by extension) mind, sense, understanding, consciousness

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic دِمَاغ (dimāḡ, “brain”).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? dimāğ
Dari reading? dimāğ
Iranian reading? damâğ
Tajik reading? dimoġ

Noun[edit]

Dari دماغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik димоғ

دماغ • (damâğ)

  1. (Iran or uncommon) nose
    Synonyms: بینی (bini), پوز (pôz)
  2. (Iran) figurative senses
    1. vanity, pride
    2. strong inclination
    3. disposition, condition, mood
      Synonym: حال (hâl)
  3. (Dari, otherwise archaic) brain, conceit
    Synonyms: مغز (mağz), ذهن (zehn)

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دماغ”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دماغ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “دماغ”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎[6] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 901

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic دِمَاغ (dimāḡ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dmaɣ/, [dmæːɣ]
  • Audio (Ramallah)(file)

Noun[edit]

دماغ • (dmāḡ) f (plural أدمغة (ʾadmiḡa))

  1. brain
    Synonym: مخ (muḵḵ)

Southwestern Fars[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic دِمَاغ (dimāḡ).

Noun[edit]

دماغ (domâğ)

  1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) nose

Urdu[edit]

Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian دماغ (dimâgh, “brain, conceit”), from Arabic دِمَاغ (dimāḡ, “brain”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

دِماغ • (dimāġ) m (Hindi spelling दिमाग़)

  1. (anatomy) brain, cerebrum
  2. brain (intellect), mind
  3. conceit, pride

Declension[edit]

Declension of دماغ
singular plural
direct دماغ (dimāġ) دماغ (dimāġ)
oblique دماغ (dimāġ) دماغوں (dimāġō̃)
vocative دماغ (dimāġ) دماغو (dimāġō)

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “دماغ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “دماغ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “دماغ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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