شمروخ

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain, but seemingly native to the Arabian peninsula; attested in early pre-Islamic inscriptions. Related to the root ش م خ (š-m-ḵ) meaning "to be lofty", "towering above the rest", "elevated", "coming forth from good stock or roots", and the root ش م ر (š-m-r) meaning "to be raised up", "to be tucked up", "to be contracted or drawn together together", "to be held together or bunched", "to cut or harvest dates from a tree", "to be fully grown or ready".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃum.ruːx/

Noun

شُمْرُوخ • (šumrūḵ) m (plural شَمَارِيخ (šamārīḵ))

  1. stalk, defoliated branch, panicle, raceme
  2. bundle, bunch, cluster especially one that hangs separate from the rest
  3. stick, rod
  4. detonator, Bengal flare, Roman candle

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “شمروخ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 449–450
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “شمروخ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1596
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “شمروخ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 674
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