يمام

See also: یمام

Arabic

Etymology

Perhaps blend of يَمّ (yamm, “sea”) +‎ حَمَام (ḥamām, “dove”), particularly listed to mean the blue rock pigeon (Columba livia) and the stock dove (Columba oenas), or of حَمَام (ḥamām) with the Aramaic designation of the dove יוון (yawōn) / יבן (yaḇōn) (Jewish Palestinian Aramaic as well as Christian Palestinian Aramaic, in Classical Syriac ܝܘܢܐ (yawnā)). However most close to Amorite 𒅀𒈠𒀀𒈠 f (ia-ma-a-ma /⁠yamāma⁠/, a female given name, literally “pigeon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja.maːm/

Noun

يَمَام • (yamām) m (collective, singulative يَمَامَة f (yamāma))

1. names for doves or pigeons, especially Streptopelia of which especially Streptopelia risoria, Columba oenas and Columba livia

Declension

Declension of noun يَمَام (yamām)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	يَمَام yamām	الْيَمَام al-yamām	يَمَام yamām
Nominative	يَمَامٌ yamāmun	الْيَمَامُ al-yamāmu	يَمَامُ yamāmu
Accusative	يَمَامًا yamāman	الْيَمَامَ al-yamāma	يَمَامَ yamāma
Genitive	يَمَامٍ yamāmin	الْيَمَامِ al-yamāmi	يَمَامِ yamāmi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	يَمَامَة yamāma	الْيَمَامَة al-yamāma	يَمَامَة yamāmat
Nominative	يَمَامَةٌ yamāmatun	الْيَمَامَةُ al-yamāmatu	يَمَامَةُ yamāmatu
Accusative	يَمَامَةً yamāmatan	الْيَمَامَةَ al-yamāmata	يَمَامَةَ yamāmata
Genitive	يَمَامَةٍ yamāmatin	الْيَمَامَةِ al-yamāmati	يَمَامَةِ yamāmati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	يَمَامَتَيْن yamāmatayn	الْيَمَامَتَيْن al-yamāmatayn	يَمَامَتَيْ yamāmatay
Nominative	يَمَامَتَانِ yamāmatāni	الْيَمَامَتَانِ al-yamāmatāni	يَمَامَتَا yamāmatā
Accusative	يَمَامَتَيْنِ yamāmatayni	الْيَمَامَتَيْنِ al-yamāmatayni	يَمَامَتَيْ yamāmatay
Genitive	يَمَامَتَيْنِ yamāmatayni	الْيَمَامَتَيْنِ al-yamāmatayni	يَمَامَتَيْ yamāmatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	يَمَامَات yamāmāt	الْيَمَامَات al-yamāmāt	يَمَامَات yamāmāt
Nominative	يَمَامَاتٌ yamāmātun	الْيَمَامَاتُ al-yamāmātu	يَمَامَاتُ yamāmātu
Accusative	يَمَامَاتٍ yamāmātin	الْيَمَامَاتِ al-yamāmāti	يَمَامَاتِ yamāmāti
Genitive	يَمَامَاتٍ yamāmātin	الْيَمَامَاتِ al-yamāmāti	يَمَامَاتِ yamāmāti

Descendants

• Maltese: gamiem
• → Persian: یمام (yamâm)

Further reading

• “ywn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Golinets, Viktor (2016) “Amorite Animal Names: Cognates for the Semitic Etymological Dictionary”, in Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Meeting of the International Association for Comparative Semitics and Other Studies (Babel und Bibel; 9)‎^[1], Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, →DOI, →ISBN, page 64
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ي م م”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1449 where Columba livia

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic يَمَام (yamām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jmaːm/

Noun

يمام • (ymām) m (collective, singulative يمامة f (ymāma), paucal يمامات (ymāmāt))

1. dove, pigeon

   Synonym: حمام (ḥmām)