خيمة
العربية
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خيمة
- /xaj.ma/
Where it comes from
Frequently thought to be a foreign word, in Jeffery’s words even “obviously not Arabic”. In this case most likely borrowed from Old South Arabian, from which source also Ge'ez ኀይመት (ḫäymät), Tigre ሓይመት (ḥaymät), Amharic ሃይመት (haymät). This could be countered with Ugaritic 𐎃𐎎𐎚 (ḫmt, “tent”) (attested multiple times), Ugaritic 𐎃𐎎𐎐 (ḫmn, “chapel, small temple”), Imperial Aramaic 𐡇𐡌𐡍 (ḥmn, “altar, chapel”), Hebrew חַמָּן (ḥammān, “altar, chapel”) – with a small probability related to Egyptian ḫꜣwt (“altar, altar chamber”) –, Ugaritic 𐎃𐎊𐎎 (ḫym, “canopy, baldachin”) – possibly related to Akkadian 𒌆𒄩𒁍𒌝 (^(TUG₂).ḪA.BU.UM), 𒌆𒄩𒌝 (^(TUG₂).ḪA.UM /ḫaʾum, ḫawum/, “a kind of covering cloth”).
noun خَيْمَة · ḵayma · خِيَام · خِيَم · الْخَيْمَة
- tent
- tarpaulin
- arbor, bower
- pavilion
In English
- tent portable lodge
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title = {خيمة},
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