Dromedary

Drom′e-da-ry

(drŭm′ē̍-dā̍-ry̆)

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Dromedaries

(-rĭz)

.

[F.

dromadaire

, LL.

dromedarius

, fr. L.

dromas

(sc.

camelus

), fr. Gr.

δρομάσ

running, from

δραμεῖν

, used as aor. of

τρέχειν

to run; cf. Skr.

dram

to run.]

(Zool.)

The Arabian camel (

Camelus dromedarius

), having one hump or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the

Bactrian camel

, which has two humps.

Dromedary

DROMEDARY

,

Noun.

[Gr., perhaps from swiftness, running.] A species of camel, called also the Arabian camel, with one bunch or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which has two bunches. It has four callous protuberances on the fore legs, and two on the hind ones. It is a common beast of burden in Egypt, Syria, and the neighboring countries.

dromedary

English

A dromedary

Noun

dromedary ‎(plural dromedaries)

Camelus dromedarius, the single-humped camel.
Any swift riding camel.

Synonyms

Arabian camel
dromedary camel
Camelus aegyptiacus Friedrich August Rudolph Kolenati, 1847
Camelus africanus Gloger, 1841
Camelus arabicus Charles Desmoulins, 1823
Camelus dromas Peter Simon Pallas, 1811
Camelus dromos Kerr, 1792
Camelus ferus Falk,1786
Camelus lukius Kolenati, 1847
Camelus polytrichus Kolenati, 1847
Camelus turcomanichus Johann Fischer von Waldheim, 1829
Camelus vulgaris Kolenati, 1847

Coordinate terms

(Camelids) camelid; camel (dromedary, Bactrian camel), llama, guanaco, alpaca, vicuna/vicuña ^{(Category: en:Camelids)}

Related terms

ship of the desert

Translations

Camelus dromedarius, the single-humped camel

Afrikaans: dromedaris
Albanian: gamilja
Arabic: جَمَل عَرَبِيّ m ‎(jamal ʿarabiyy) (lit. "Arabian camel")
Basque: dromedario (eu)
Belarusian: драмадэ́р m ‎(dramadér)
Breton: dremedal m
Bulgarian: едногъ́рба ками́ла f ‎(ednogǎ́rba kamíla)
Catalan: dromedari m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 單峰駝 (zh), 单峰驼 (zh) ‎(dānfēngtuó), 單峰駱駝, 单峰骆驼 ‎(dānfēng luòtuo)
Czech: dromedár m
Danish: dromedar c
Dutch: dromedaris (nl) m
Esperanto: dromedaro
Estonian: dromedar
Faroese: dromedarur m
Finnish: dromedaari (fi), yksikyttyräinen kameli (fi)
French: dromadaire (fr) m
Friulian: dromedari m
Galician: dromedario (gl) m
Georgian: ცალკუზა აქლემი ‎(calḳuza aklemi)
German: Dromedar (de) n
Greek: δρομάς f ‎(dromás)
Gujarati: સાંઢણી ‎(sā̃ḍhṇī)
Hebrew: כרכרה ‎(khirkhôrah)
Hindi: ऊँट (hi) m ‎(ū̃ṭ), सांडनी f ‎(sāṇḍnī)
Hungarian: dromedár (hu), egypúpú teve
Icelandic: drómedari m
Irish: dromadaire m
Italian: dromedario (it) m
Japanese: ヒトコブラクダ ‎(hitokobu rakuda), 一瘤駱駝 ‎(ひとこぶらくだ, hitokobu rakuda)
Korean: 단봉낙타 (ko) ‎(danbongnakta)

Latin: dromedaria f
Latvian: dromedārs m
Macedonian: дромедар m ‎(dromedar)
Manx: drommeyder
Mongolian: ганц бөхт тэмээ ‎(gants böht temee)
Norman: dromadaire m
Norwegian:

Bokmål: dromedar (no) m

Nynorsk: dromedar m
Occitan: dromadari
Persian: شتر (fa) ‎(šotor)
Polish: dromader (pl) m
Portuguese: dromedário (pt) m
Romanian: dromader (ro)
Romansch: dromedar
Russian: одного́рбый верблю́д m ‎(odnogórbyj verbljúd), дромаде́р (ru) m ‎(dromadér), дромеда́р (ru) m ‎(dromedár), (camel or dromedary) верблю́д (ru) m ‎(verbljúd)
Sami: dromedára
Sardinian: dromedàriu
Scottish Gaelic: dromadair m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: дромедар m, једногрба камила f, једногрба дева f

Roman: dromedar (sh) m, jednogrba kamila f, jednogrba deva f
Slovak: dromedár m
Slovene: dromedar (sl) m
Spanish: dromedario (es) m
Swedish: dromedar (sv)
Turkish: hecin (tr)
Ukrainian: дромаде́р m ‎(dromadér)
Upper Sorbian: wjelbłud
Urdu: اونٹ m ‎(ū̃ṭ), سانڈنی f ‎(sāṇḍnī)
Vietnamese: lạc đà một bướu, lạc đà Ả Rập
Welsh: camel rhedeg
West Frisian: drommedaris

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