Hamam

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Hamam arabice et dheker est columbus.


Apparatus:

Hamam AC | Haman ef | Hamã B p | Hamani j

et (& B; illegible p) dheker B ep | et deker f | & dehker j | croheker AC {< & dheker?, ‘dh’ misread as ‘oh’}


Translation:

Hamam is "pigeon" in Arabic and dheker {"male"} means columbus {"male dove, cock pigeon"} in Latin.


Commentary:

Wehr (1976): ﺣﻣﺎﻡ /ḥamām/ "dove, pigeon"; Wehr (1976): ﺫﻛﺮ /ḏakar/ "male". ﺣﻣﺎﻢ ﺫﻛﺮ /ḥamām ḏakar/ "male pigeon".

WilfGunther (talk) 11:27, 5 September 2015 (BST)


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