قميص

Meaning

1. (Arabic, Modern, Standard) a short and usually form-fitting upper-body outer garment; a sleeved top; a shirt (such as a T-shirt or a dress shirt)
2. (archaic) any long non-bifurcated sleeved loose-fitting garment (such as a housecoat or a nightshirt); a robe

Concepts

shirt

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dress shirt

chemise

skirt

T-shirt

T-Shirt

Translations

Hemd

👕

camisa

👕

chemise

👕

camisa

👕

camisa

👕

camicia

👕

overhemd

👕

shirt

gömlek

👕

πουκάμισο

hemd

👕

ordner

map

camisa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/qa.miːsˤ/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *hamô
Proto-West Germanic *hamō
Proto-West Germanic *-iþi
Proto-West Germanic *hamiþibor.
Latin camisiabor.?
Arabic قميص
Probably from Latin camisia, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją. Compare Classical Syriac ܩܡܝܨܬܐ (qamīṣtā, “shirt; undershirt”).
A minority of scholars think that the Latin word is indeed borrowed from Semitic. The principal witness for this theory is a Ugaritic form /qms/, seemingly meaning “garment”. However, this word is not attested in any other old Semitic language.