مومیا

See also: موميا

Persian

FWOTD – 20 September 2014

Etymology

From موم (mum, “wax”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [moː.mi.jɑː], [muː.mi.jɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [moː.mi.jɑː], [muː.mi.jɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [moː.mi.jɑː], [muː.mi.jɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [moː.mi.jɑː], [muː.mi.jɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.mi.jɔː], [mu.mi.jɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [muː.mi.jɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɵ.mi.jɔ], [mu.mi.jɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mōmiyā, mūmiyā
Dari reading?	mōmiyā, mūmiyā
Iranian reading?	mumiyâ
Tajik reading?	mümiyo, mumiyo

Noun

مومیا • (mumiyâ, mômiyâ)

1. shilajit, mumijo
   • 982, Hudūd-ul-Ālam:

     و از دارابگرد فارس مومیایی خیزد که به همه جهان جایی دیگر نبود.

     va az dârâbgird-i fârs mômiyâyê xêzad ki ba hama-yi jahân jâyê dîgar nabvad.

     and in Darabgird of Fars a kind of shilajit is found which is not found anywhere else in the world.

2. the substance with which mummies are preserved
3. mummy

Synonyms

• مومیایی (mumiyâyi)

Derived terms

• مومیایی (mumiyâyi)
• مومیا کردن (mumiyâ kardan), مومیایی کردن (mumiyâyi kardan)

Descendants

Descendants

• Tajik: мӯмиё (mümiyo), мумиё (mumiyo)
  • → Russian: мумиё (mumijó)
    • → English: mumijo
• → Arabic: مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ)
  • Andalusian Arabic:
    • → Aragonese: momia
    • → Asturian: momia
    • → Galician: momia
    • → Spanish: momia
  • Egyptian Arabic: موميا (mūmiyā)
  • → Medieval Latin: mumia
    • Middle French: momie
      • Anglo-Norman: mumie
        • → English: mummy
          • → Irish: mumaí
• → Classical Syriac: ܡܘܡܝܐ (muwmyā)
• → Hindustani:

  Urdu: مومیا (momiyā)

• → Middle Armenian: մումիայ (mumiay), մոմիայ (momiay), մոմիեայ (momieay)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مومیا (mumya)
  • Turkish: mumya
• → Uyghur: مۇمىيا (mumiya)
  • → Chinese: 木蜜亞／木蜜亚 (mùmìyà)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مومیا”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مومیایی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Brockelmann, Carl (1895) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), Berlin, Edinburgh: Reuther & Reichard, T. & T. Clark, page 376b