جمرك

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Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish كمرك ,گومروك (gümrük), from Byzantine Greek κομμέρκιον (kommérkion), from Latin commercium.

Probably through Egyptian Arabic, considering the shift from گ to ج through spelling pronunciation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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جُمْرُك (jumrukm (plural جَمَارِك (jamārik))

  1. customs (government department)

Declension

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Derived terms

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  • جَمْرَكَ (jamraka, to let go through customs, rare and chiefly used in the passive participle)
  • جُمْرُكِيّ (jumrukiyy, related to customs)

References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “جمرك”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 496

Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish گمرك ,گومروك (gümrük), from Byzantine Greek κομμέρκιον (kommérkion), from Latin commercium, probably through Egyptian Arabic جُمْرُك (gumruk) hence why the /g/ to /d͡ʒ/ change occurred, based on spelling pronunciation.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒum.ruk/, [d͡ʒʊm.rʊk]

Noun

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جُمْرُك (jumrukm (plural جَمارِك (jamārik))

  1. customs (duties imposed on goods)