ملاح

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
م ل ح (m l ḥ)
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From Aramaic מַלָּחָא (mallāḥā) / ܡܰܠܴܚܳܐ (mallāḥā, shipman, sailor), from Akkadian 𒈣𒁻 (malāḫum, shipman, sailor), from Sumerian 𒈣𒁻 (ma₂-laḫ₄ /⁠malaḫ⁠/, shipman, sailor), reinterpreted in Semitic as an occupational noun from the root م ل ح (m-l-ḥ).

Noun

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مَلَّاح (mallāḥm (plural مَلَّاحُون (mallāḥūn), feminine مَلَّاحَة (mallāḥa))

  1. mariner, shipman, sailor, helmsman
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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مُلَّاح (mullāḥm

  1. (regional) seepweed (Suaeda spp.)
    Synonyms: قُلَّام (qullām), سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ), قَاقُلَّة (qāqulla)
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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مُلَّاح or مُلَاح (mullāḥ or mulāḥm

  1. (Sudan) thickened basic stew
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Etymology 4

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Noun

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مِلَاح (milāḥpl or f pl

  1. plural of مِلْح (milḥ)

Adjective

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مِلَاح (milāḥm pl

  1. masculine plural of مَلِيح (malīḥ)

References

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  • Agius, Dionisius A. (2008) Classic Ships of Islam. From Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 92), Leiden: Brill, pages 172–173, 412
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 221
  • Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 37
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 678

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مَلَّاح (mallāḥ).

Noun

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ملاح (mallâh)

  1. sailor

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مَلَّاح (mallāḥ).

Noun

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ملاح (mallāhm (Hindi spelling मल्लाह)

  1. sailor
  2. boatman

See also

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