کما

See also: كما

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French coma.

Noun

کما • (komâ)

1. coma, a prolonged state of unconsciousness

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Aramaic קוֹמָּא (qommā) / ܩܘܡܐ (qommā, “acacia gum”), from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi, “acacia gum”), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).

Alternative forms

• کمای (komâi), کماه (kumâh)

Noun

کما • (komâ, kamâ)

1. (modernly employed for) various Ferula and what is now Dorema species

   Synonym: آنغوزه (ânġuze)

2. the gum of such a plant, galbanum

Derived terms

• کماشیر (kamâšir)

Descendants

• → Translingual: Ferula kuma

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic كِمّ (kimm, “calyx, envelope”).

Noun

کما • (kamâ, kemâ, komâ)

1. (obsolete) mace, the envelope of nutmeg

   Synonyms: بزباز (bazbâz), (obsolete) بزبازه (bazbâze), پوست جوز هندی (pust-e jowz-e hendi)

Etymology 4

Derived from Arabic كُمّ (kumm, “sleeve”)

Noun

کما • (kamâ) (obsolete)

1. oven glove

   Synonym: دستکش (dastkeš)

2. sleeve

   Synonym: آستین (âstin)

Derived terms

• کمایوک (kamâyuk) (perhaps)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “کما”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “کما”, 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^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 880–881
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “کما”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.