رمان

See also: زمان

Arabic

رُمَّان

Etymology

Uncertain direct and ultimate source, not Semitic. Compare Hebrew רימון / רִמּוֹן (rimmṓn) and Aramaic רִימֹּונָא‎ / רִמֹּונָא‎ (rimmōnā‎) /‎‎ רוּמָּנָא‎ /‏ ܪܘܡܢܐ (rummānā), Ge'ez ሮማን (roman), Akkadian 𒄑𒈢𒆳𒊏 (/⁠armannu⁠/). Other orders of the consonants: Sumerian 𒉡𒌫𒈠 (NU-UR₂-MA /⁠nurma⁠/, “pomegranate”), Akkadian 𒉡𒌫𒈠 (NU-UR₂-MA /⁠nurmû⁠/), Akkadian 𒇻𒆸𒌅 (/⁠lurmû, lurimtu, lurinnu⁠/, “pomegranate”), Akkadian 𒉡𒊑𒅎𒁺 (nu-ri-im-du /⁠nurimdu, nurimtu⁠/, “pomegranate”), Hurrian 𒉡𒊏𒀭𒋾 (nu-ra-an-ti /⁠nuranti⁠/, “pomegranate”), Hittite 𒉡𒌫𒈬 (/⁠nurmû⁠/, “pomegranate”), Ugaritic 𐎍𐎗𐎎𐎐 (lrmn, “pomegranate”), Persian انار ,نار (nâr, anâr, “pomegranate”).
Likely from Semitic: Egyptian [Term?] (/⁠alhammān⁠/) > Demotic hrnt > ⲉⲣⲙⲁⲛ (erman, Bohairic), ⲗⲉϩⲙⲉⲛ (lehmen, Akhmimic), ϩⲉⲣⲙⲁⲛ (herman, Sahidic),

Noun

رُمَّان • (rummān) m (collective, singulative رُمَّانَة f (rummāna))

1. (uncountable) pomegranate

Declension

Declension of noun رُمَّان (rummān)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُمَّان rummān	الرُّمَّان ar-rummān	رُمَّان rummān
Nominative	رُمَّانٌ rummānun	الرُّمَّانُ ar-rummānu	رُمَّانُ rummānu
Accusative	رُمَّانًا rummānan	الرُّمَّانَ ar-rummāna	رُمَّانَ rummāna
Genitive	رُمَّانٍ rummānin	الرُّمَّانِ ar-rummāni	رُمَّانِ rummāni
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُمَّانَة rummāna	الرُّمَّانَة ar-rummāna	رُمَّانَة rummānat
Nominative	رُمَّانَةٌ rummānatun	الرُّمَّانَةُ ar-rummānatu	رُمَّانَةُ rummānatu
Accusative	رُمَّانَةً rummānatan	الرُّمَّانَةَ ar-rummānata	رُمَّانَةَ rummānata
Genitive	رُمَّانَةٍ rummānatin	الرُّمَّانَةِ ar-rummānati	رُمَّانَةِ rummānati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُمَّانَتَيْن rummānatayn	الرُّمَّانَتَيْن ar-rummānatayn	رُمَّانَتَيْ rummānatay
Nominative	رُمَّانَتَانِ rummānatāni	الرُّمَّانَتَانِ ar-rummānatāni	رُمَّانَتَا rummānatā
Accusative	رُمَّانَتَيْنِ rummānatayni	الرُّمَّانَتَيْنِ ar-rummānatayni	رُمَّانَتَيْ rummānatay
Genitive	رُمَّانَتَيْنِ rummānatayni	الرُّمَّانَتَيْنِ ar-rummānatayni	رُمَّانَتَيْ rummānatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُمَّانَات rummānāt	الرُّمَّانَات ar-rummānāt	رُمَّانَات rummānāt
Nominative	رُمَّانَاتٌ rummānātun	الرُّمَّانَاتُ ar-rummānātu	رُمَّانَاتُ rummānātu
Accusative	رُمَّانَاتٍ rummānātin	الرُّمَّانَاتِ ar-rummānāti	رُمَّانَاتِ rummānāti
Genitive	رُمَّانَاتٍ rummānātin	الرُّمَّانَاتِ ar-rummānāti	رُمَّانَاتِ rummānāti

Derived terms

• رُمَّانِيَّة (rummāniyya, “medieval dish made with pomegranate”)

Descendants

• → Italian: romano
• Maltese: rummiena
• → Portuguese: romã

References

• “nurma”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary‎^[1], University of Pennsylvania, 2006
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 142
• Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, pages 24–25
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 80–113
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 54

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Persian

Etymology

From French roman.

Noun

رمان • (român)

1. novel