𐤊𐤌𐤍

Phoenician

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌑𒁷𒊺𒉪 (Ú.GAMUN /⁠kamūnu⁠/, “cumin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰammaːn/

Noun

𐤊𐤌𐤍 (kmn /kammān/) m

1. cumin
   • 1962, Herbert Donner, Wolfgang Röllig, Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften (overall work in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, lines 6–7 of number 51 on page 14, from Egypt:

     𐤆𐤉𐤕 𐤌𐤔𐤒𐤋 𐤘𐤛𐤚 𐤅𐤔𐤒𐤃𐤌
     𐤅𐤊𐤌𐤍 𐤅𐤋𐤏𐤓𐤕𐤉 𐤏𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤔𐤌𐤍

     zyt mšql [20][3][2] wšqdm
     wkmn wlʿrty ʿʿm wššmn

     oil of a weight of 25 and almonds
     and cumin and spread onto boards sesame

References

• Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000) “KMN”, in Phoenician-Punic Dictionary (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 90), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies Leuven, →ISBN, page 231

Punic

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤊𐤌𐤍 (kmn /⁠kammān⁠/), from Akkadian 𒌑𒁷𒊺𒉪 (Ú.GAMUN /⁠kamūnu⁠/, “cumin”).

Pronunciation

• (6^th BCE Punic): IPA^(key): /kʰammaːn/
• (2^nd BCE Late Punic): IPA^(key): /kʰammaːn/
• (2^nd CE Neo-Punic): IPA^(key): /kʰammoːn/

Noun

𐤊𐤌𐤍 (kmn /kammān/) m

1. cumin
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, De Materia Medica 3.59:^[1]:

     κύμινον ἥμερον· Ῥωμαῖοι κύμινουμ, Ἄφροι χαμάν.

     kúminon hḗmeron; Rhōmaîoi kúminoum, Áphroi khamán.

     Cumin: The Romans call it cumīnum, the Carthaginians kʰamán.

References

• Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000) “KMN”, in Phoenician-Punic Dictionary (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 90), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies Leuven, →ISBN, page 231
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 410
• “κύμινον ἥμερον – Cuminum cyminum”, in Dioscórides Interactivo‎^[3], 2025