عمود

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع م د (ʕ-m-d). Compare Aramaic עַמּוּדָא (ʿammūḏā, column), Hebrew עַמּוּד (`amúd, column).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.muːd/

Noun

عَمُود • (ʕamūd) m (plural أَعْمِدَة (ʔaʕmida) or عُمُد (ʕumud) or عَمَد (ʕamad))

  1. column, shaft, pillar, pole

Declension

Derived terms

  • عَمُود البَرِيد (ʕamūd al-barīd, telegraph pole)
  • عَمُود التَّهْوِيَة (ʕamūd at-tahwiya, ventilation shaft, air shaft)
  • عَمُود الحَدَبَات (ʕamūd al-ḥadabāt, camshaft)
  • عَمُود الدَّوَرَان (ʕamūd ad-dawarān, driveshaft)
  • عَمُود الرَّقْص (ʕamūd ar-raqṣ, dancing pole, maypole)
  • عَمُود السُّلَّم (ʕamūd as-sullam, stairwell)
  • عَمُود الْمِرْفَق (ʕamūd al-mirfaq, crankshaft)
  • عَمُود الْمِصْبَاح (ʕamūd al-miṣbāḥ, lamppost)
  • عَمُود رَمْز (ʕamūd ramz, totem pole)
  • عَمُود شَوْكِيّ (ʕamūd šawkiyy, vertebral column)
  • عَمُود فِقْرِيّ (ʕamūd fiqriyy, vertebral column)
  • عَمُود نَاقِل الْحَرَكَة (ʕamūd nāqil al-ḥaraka, rotor)

Descendants

  • Maltese: għamud
  • Ottoman Turkish: عمود (amud)
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