موم

Ottoman Turkish
موم

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian موم (mum, “wax; candle”).

Noun

موم • (mum)

  1. wax, an oily, water-resistant, semisolid substance
    Synonym: شمع (şemʿ)
  2. wax-candle, a candle made of wax
    Synonym: شمع (şemʿ)
  3. candle or taper made with any material

Derived terms
  • بالق مومی (balık mumu, “spermaceti”)
  • بالمومی (balmumu, “beeswax”)
  • قالب مومی (kalıb mumu, “mold candle”)
  • موم آین (mum ayin, “asphaltum”)
  • موم دل (mum dil, “soft-hearted”)
  • موم مقصی (mum makası, “candle snuffer”)
  • مومجی (mumcu, “maker or seller of candles”)
  • مومخانه (mumhane, “manufactory of candles”)
  • موملو (mumlu, “prepared with wax”)
  • مومی (mumi, “waxed, waxy”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: mum

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠*mōm⁠/). Akin to Northern Kurdish mûm (“candle”), Central Kurdish مۆم (mom, “candle”), Southern Kurdish موم (mum, “wax”), and Old Armenian մոմ (mom), an Iranian borrowing.

Further origin uncertain. Perhaps a borrowing from a Semitic language, from Proto-Semitic *māy- (“water, liquid, sap”); compare Akkadian 𒀀 (mū). The final -m could be from a plural suffix (the word being a plurale tantum in some languages) or from reduplication; compare Hebrew מים (mayim).[1]

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? mōm, mūm
Dari reading? mūm
Iranian reading? mum
Tajik reading? mum

Noun
Dari موم
Iranian Persian
Tajik мум

موم • (mum)

  1. wax
  2. candle

Derived terms

Descendants
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: mum
  • → Arabic: مُوم (mūm)
  • → Bengali: মোম (mōm)
  • → Crimean Tatar: mum
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: मोम (mom)
    Urdu: موم (mom)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: موم (mûm)
    > Turkish: mum (inherited)
  • → Turkmen: mum
  • → Kyrgyz: мом (mom)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਮੋਮ (mom)
    Shahmukhi script: موم (mom)
  • → Romani: mom
  • → Uyghur: موم (mom)
  • → Uzbek: mum

References
  1. Alexander Militarev, A complete etymology-based hundred wordlist of Semitic updated: Items 75-100, in the Journal of Language Relationhip[s]; entry 94 water, especially the Afro-Asiatic meaning of sap, liquid substance.

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian موم (môm).

Noun

موم • (mom) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੋਮ)

  1. beeswax, wax
  2. tallow

Further reading
  • “موم”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “موم”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian موم (mōm, mūm). Compare Bengali মোম (mōm), Punjabi موم (mom).

Noun

موم • (mom) f (Hindi spelling मोम)

  1. wax

Uyghur

Etymology

From Persian موم (mum).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mom/

Noun

موم • (mom) (plural موملار (momlar))

  1. wax

Further reading
  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
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