سماق

Arabic

سُمَّاق

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܣܘܡܩܐ (summāqā, “red; sumac”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sum.maːq/

Noun

سُمَّاق • (summāq) m

1. sumac

Declension

Declension of noun سُمَّاق (summāq)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سُمَّاق summāq	السُّمَّاق as-summāq	سُمَّاق summāq
nominative	سُمَّاقٌ summāqun	السُّمَّاقُ as-summāqu	سُمَّاقُ summāqu
accusative	سُمَّاقًا summāqan	السُّمَّاقَ as-summāqa	سُمَّاقَ summāqa
genitive	سُمَّاقٍ summāqin	السُّمَّاقِ as-summāqi	سُمَّاقِ summāqi

Descendants

• Andalusian Arabic: سماق
  • → Catalan: sumac
  • → Galician: sumagre
  • → Portuguese: sumagre
  • → Spanish: zumaque
    • → Basque: zumake
• → Italian: sommacco
• → Medieval Latin: sumach
  • → Irish: sumach
  • Old French: sumac
    • Anglo-Norman: sumak
      • → Middle English: sumac
        • English: sumac
    • French: sumac
      • → Dutch: sumak
• → Ottoman Turkish: صوماق (sumak, somak)
  • Turkish: sumak, somak
• → Persian: سماق (somâq)
  • → Azerbaijani: sumaq
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: सुम्माक़ (summāq)

    Urdu: سماق (summāq)

References

• Fitting, Hans; Littmann, Enno (1911), “Arabische Pflanzennamen aus der Umgegend von Biskra (Algerien)”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 65, page 347
• Löw, Immanuel (1928), Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 202

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سُمَّاق (summāq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sum.maːɡ/

Noun

سماق • (summāg) m

1. sumac

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُمَّاق (summāq).

Noun

سماق • (somâq)

1. sumac

See also

• (Haft-sin table) هفت‌سین (haft-sin); سبزه (sabze), سیر (sir), سیب (sib), سمنو (samanu), سنجد (senjed), سرکه (serke), سماق (somâq), سکه (sekke)

Urdu

Etymology 1

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Adjective

سماق • (sumāq) (Hindi spelling सुमाक़)

1. pure, sheer

Etymology 2

From Arabic سُمَّاق (summāq).

Noun

سماق • (summāq) m (Hindi spelling सुम्माक़)

1. sumac
2. porphyry