جمرك

Arabic

Alternative forms

• كُمْرُك (kumruk), قُمْرُق (qumruq)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كمرك , گومروك (gümrük), from Byzantine Greek κομμέρκιον (kommérkion), from Latin commercium.

Probably through Egyptian Arabic, considering the shift from گ to ج through spelling pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒum.ruk/

Noun

جُمْرُك • (jumruk) m (plural جَمَارِك (jamārik))

1. customs (government department)

Declension

Declension of noun جُمْرُك (jumruk)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جُمْرُك jumruk	الْجُمْرُك al-jumruk	جُمْرُك jumruk
nominative	جُمْرُكٌ jumrukun	الْجُمْرُكُ al-jumruku	جُمْرُكُ jumruku
accusative	جُمْرُكًا jumrukan	الْجُمْرُكَ al-jumruka	جُمْرُكَ jumruka
genitive	جُمْرُكٍ jumrukin	الْجُمْرُكِ al-jumruki	جُمْرُكِ jumruki
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جُمْرُكَيْن jumrukayn	الْجُمْرُكَيْن al-jumrukayn	جُمْرُكَيْ jumrukay
nominative	جُمْرُكَانِ jumrukāni	الْجُمْرُكَانِ al-jumrukāni	جُمْرُكَا jumrukā
accusative	جُمْرُكَيْنِ jumrukayni	الْجُمْرُكَيْنِ al-jumrukayni	جُمْرُكَيْ jumrukay
genitive	جُمْرُكَيْنِ jumrukayni	الْجُمْرُكَيْنِ al-jumrukayni	جُمْرُكَيْ jumrukay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جَمَارِك jamārik	الْجَمَارِك al-jamārik	جَمَارِك jamārik
nominative	جَمَارِكُ jamāriku	الْجَمَارِكُ al-jamāriku	جَمَارِكُ jamāriku
accusative	جَمَارِكَ jamārika	الْجَمَارِكَ al-jamārika	جَمَارِكَ jamārika
genitive	جَمَارِكَ jamārika	الْجَمَارِكِ al-jamāriki	جَمَارِكِ jamāriki

Derived terms

• جَمْرَكَ (jamraka, “to let go through customs”, rare and chiefly used in the passive participle)
• جُمْرُكِيّ (jumrukiyy, “related to customs”)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “جمرك”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 496

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish گمرك , گومروك (gümrük), from Byzantine Greek κομμέρκιον (kommérkion), from Latin commercium, probably through Egyptian Arabic جُمْرُك (gumruk) hence why the /g/ to /d͡ʒ/ change occurred, based on spelling pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒum.ruk/, [d͡ʒʊm.rʊk], [ʒʊm.rʊk]

Noun

جُمْرُك • (jumruk) m (plural جَمارِك (jamārik))

1. customs (“duties imposed on goods”)

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كمرك (gümrük), possibly via Egyptian Arabic جُمْرُك (gumruk) based on both pronunciations of the word — one being derived from the spelling pronunciation, and one being taken directly from the Egyptian pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡum.rok/, /ʒum.rok/

Noun

جمرك • (gumrok) m (plural جمارك (gamārik))

1. security customs, customs duty
2. customs house