حمال

See also: جمال

Arabic

حَمَّال

Etymology 1

Occupational noun from the root ح م ل (ḥ-m-l).

Noun

حَمَّال • (ḥammāl) m (plural حَمَّالُون (ḥammālūn) or حَمَّالَة (ḥammāla), feminine حَمَّالَة (ḥammāla))

1. porter, carrier

Declension

Declension of noun حَمَّال (ḥammāl)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَمَّال ḥammāl	الْحَمَّال al-ḥammāl	حَمَّال ḥammāl	حَمَّالَة ḥammāla	الْحَمَّالَة al-ḥammāla	حَمَّالَة ḥammālat
Nominative	حَمَّالٌ ḥammālun	الْحَمَّالُ al-ḥammālu	حَمَّالُ ḥammālu	حَمَّالَةٌ ḥammālatun	الْحَمَّالَةُ al-ḥammālatu	حَمَّالَةُ ḥammālatu
Accusative	حَمَّالًا ḥammālan	الْحَمَّالَ al-ḥammāla	حَمَّالَ ḥammāla	حَمَّالَةً ḥammālatan	الْحَمَّالَةَ al-ḥammālata	حَمَّالَةَ ḥammālata
Genitive	حَمَّالٍ ḥammālin	الْحَمَّالِ al-ḥammāli	حَمَّالِ ḥammāli	حَمَّالَةٍ ḥammālatin	الْحَمَّالَةِ al-ḥammālati	حَمَّالَةِ ḥammālati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَمَّالَيْن ḥammālayn	الْحَمَّالَيْن al-ḥammālayn	حَمَّالَيْ ḥammālay	حَمَّالَتَيْن ḥammālatayn	الْحَمَّالَتَيْن al-ḥammālatayn	حَمَّالَتَيْ ḥammālatay
Nominative	حَمَّالَانِ ḥammālāni	الْحَمَّالَانِ al-ḥammālāni	حَمَّالَا ḥammālā	حَمَّالَتَانِ ḥammālatāni	الْحَمَّالَتَانِ al-ḥammālatāni	حَمَّالَتَا ḥammālatā
Accusative	حَمَّالَيْنِ ḥammālayni	الْحَمَّالَيْنِ al-ḥammālayni	حَمَّالَيْ ḥammālay	حَمَّالَتَيْنِ ḥammālatayni	الْحَمَّالَتَيْنِ al-ḥammālatayni	حَمَّالَتَيْ ḥammālatay
Genitive	حَمَّالَيْنِ ḥammālayni	الْحَمَّالَيْنِ al-ḥammālayni	حَمَّالَيْ ḥammālay	حَمَّالَتَيْنِ ḥammālatayni	الْحَمَّالَتَيْنِ al-ḥammālatayni	حَمَّالَتَيْ ḥammālatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَمَّالِين‎; حَمَّالَة ḥammālīn‎; ḥammāla	الْحَمَّالِين‎; الْحَمَّالَة al-ḥammālīn‎; al-ḥammāla	حَمَّالِي‎; حَمَّالَة ḥammālī‎; ḥammālat	حَمَّالَات ḥammālāt	الْحَمَّالَات al-ḥammālāt	حَمَّالَات ḥammālāt
Nominative	حَمَّالُونَ‎; حَمَّالَةٌ ḥammālūna‎; ḥammālatun	الْحَمَّالُونَ‎; الْحَمَّالَةُ al-ḥammālūna‎; al-ḥammālatu	حَمَّالُو‎; حَمَّالَةُ ḥammālū‎; ḥammālatu	حَمَّالَاتٌ ḥammālātun	الْحَمَّالَاتُ al-ḥammālātu	حَمَّالَاتُ ḥammālātu
Accusative	حَمَّالِينَ‎; حَمَّالَةً ḥammālīna‎; ḥammālatan	الْحَمَّالِينَ‎; الْحَمَّالَةَ al-ḥammālīna‎; al-ḥammālata	حَمَّالِي‎; حَمَّالَةَ ḥammālī‎; ḥammālata	حَمَّالَاتٍ ḥammālātin	الْحَمَّالَاتِ al-ḥammālāti	حَمَّالَاتِ ḥammālāti
Genitive	حَمَّالِينَ‎; حَمَّالَةٍ ḥammālīna‎; ḥammālatin	الْحَمَّالِينَ‎; الْحَمَّالَةِ al-ḥammālīna‎; al-ḥammālati	حَمَّالِي‎; حَمَّالَةِ ḥammālī‎; ḥammālati	حَمَّالَاتٍ ḥammālātin	الْحَمَّالَاتِ al-ḥammālāti	حَمَّالَاتِ ḥammālāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: hambal
• → Ottoman Turkish: حمال (hammāl)
  • Turkish: hamal
  • → Albanian: hamall
  • → Armenian: համալ (hamal), համբալ (hambal)
  • → Macedonian: амал (amal)
  • → Romanian: hamal
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ха̀ма̄л

    Latin script: hàmāl

• → Northern Kurdish: hemal, hambal
• → Kumyk: гьаммал (hammal)
• → Persian: حمال (hammâl)
  • → Russian: амба́л (ambál), анба́л (anbál), амва́л (amvál)
• → English: hammal, hamal
• → Italian: camallo
• → Ligurian: camalo
  • → Catalan: camàlic
• → Swahili: hamali

Etymology 2

Noun

حِمَال • (ḥimāl) pl

1. plural of حَمْل (ḥaml)

Ottoman Turkish

حمال

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَّال (ḥammāl, “porter, carrier”).

Noun

حمال • (hammal or hamal) (feminine حماله (hammale, hamale), definite accusative حمالی (hammalı, hamalı), plural حماللر (hammallar, hamallar))

1. porter, carrier, a person who carries luggage and related objects for others

   Synonym: باركش (barkeş)

Derived terms

• آت حمالی (at hamalı, “porter provided with a horse”)
• حمال آرقه‌لجی (hamal arkalacı, “porter's knot”)
• حماللق (hamallık, “portage, porterage”)
• شراب حمالی (şarab hamalı, “drunkard”)
• صیریق حمالی (sırık hamalı, “porter that uses a pole”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: hamal
• → Albanian: hamall
• → Armenian: համալ (hamal), համբալ (hambal)
• → Macedonian: амал (amal)
• → Romanian: hamal
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ха̀ма̄л

  Latin script: hàmāl

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “حمال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 667
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hamal”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1856
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “حمال”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 201b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حمال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 518
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Bajulus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 113
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “حمال”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1803
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hamal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حمال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 804