كمان

See also: کمان

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.maːn/

Noun

كَمَان • (kamān) m

1. (music) violin

Egyptian Arabic

Adverb

كمان • (kamān)

1. too (likewise)
2. in addition
3. even

   Synonym: حتّى (ḥattā)

   دا كمان عايزني أعمل له شغله ― dā kamān ʿāyezni ʾiʿmil lo šuḡlo ― he even wants me to do his work for him

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmaːn/

Etymology 1

From Arabic كَمَا أَنْ (kamā ʔan, “as that”).

Adverb

كمان • (kamān)

1. also
2. more
3. in addition

Synonyms

• زيادة (ziyāda)
• برضه (barḍu)

Etymology 2

From Persian کمان (kamân).

Noun

كمان • (kamān) m (plural كمانات (kamānāt))

1. violin

See also

• كمنجة (kamanja, “kamancheh”)

North Levantine Arabic

Adverb

كمان • (kamēn)

1. also, too, as well
2. more

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian کمان (kamân, “bow, arch”).

Noun

كمان • (keman)

1. an archery bow

   Synonym: یای (yay)

2. (astronomy) Sagittarius, a constellation of the Zodiac
3. (astrology) Sagittarius, a zodiac sign
4. violin, fiddle

Derived terms

• كمانچه (kemençe)

Descendants

• Turkish: keman
• → Armenian: քեման (kʻeman)
• → Northern Kurdish: keman

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كمان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1], Vienna, columns 4013–4014
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1572

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَمَا أَنْ (kamā ʔan, “as that”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.maːn/, [kaˈmæːn], [kaˈmaːn]

• Audio (Jerusalem):

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Adverb

كمان • (kamān)

1. also, too, as well

   Synonym: برضه (barḍo)

2. more

   بدّي أحضر المسلسل كمان مرّة.

   biddi ʔaḥḍar il-musalsal kamān marra

   I want to watch the series again (lit. one more time).

Sudanese Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَمَا أَنْ (kamā ʔan, “as that”).

Adverb

كمان • (kamān)

1. also, too

Descendants

• Juba Arabic: kamaan
• Nubi: kaman