Persian

Noun

مومیا • ‎(mumiyâ)

1. shilajit, mumijo
   • 982, Hudūd-ul-Ālam:

     و از دارابگرد فارس مومیایی خیزد که به همه جهان جایی دیگر نبود.‎

     wa az Dārābgard-i Fārs mōmiyāyē xēzad ka ba hama-yi jahān jāyē dīgar nabwad.

     and in Darabgard of Fars [Persis] a kind of shilajit is found which cannot be found anywhere else in the world.

2. the substance with which mummies are preserved
3. mummy

Synonyms

• مومیایی ‎(mumiyâyi)

Derived terms

• مومیایی ‎(mumiyâyi)
• مومیا کردن ‎(mumiyâ kardan), مومیایی کردن ‎(mumiyâyi kardan)

Descendants

• Tajik: мӯмиё ‎(mümiyo), мумиё ‎(mumiyo)
  • → Russian: мумиё ‎(mumijó)
    • → English: mumijo
• → Arabic: مُومِيَاء ‎(mūmiyāʾ)
  • Andalusian Arabic:
    • → Aragonese: momia
    • → Asturian: momia
    • → Galician: momia
    • → Spanish: momia
  • Egyptian Arabic: موميا ‎(mūmiyā)
  • → Medieval Latin: mumia
    • Middle French: momie
      • Anglo-Norman: mumie
        • → English: mummy
          • → Irish: mumaí
• → Classical Syriac: ܡܘܡܝܐ ‎(muwmyā)
• → Hindustani:

  Urdu: مومیا ‎(momiyā)

• → Middle Armenian: մումիայ ‎(mumiay), մոմիայ ‎(momiay), մոմիեայ ‎(momieay)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مومیا ‎(mumya)
• → Uyghur: [Term?]
  • → Chinese: 木蜜亞 ‎(mùmìyà)

References

• "مومیا" in Dehkhoda Dictionary.
• "مومیایی" in Dehkhoda Dictionary.
• Brockelmann, Carl (1895) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), Berlin, Edinburgh: Reuther & Reichard, T. & T. Clark, page 376b