kameel

Meaning

camel (Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus); animal of the genus Camelus)

Concepts

camel

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Bactrian camel

dromedary

two-hump camel

two-hump camel

Synonyms

kemel

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dromedaris

Translations

Kamel

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chameau

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cammello

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camello

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camelo

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deve

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καμήλα

camell

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جمل

camèl

camelus

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hecin

Trampeltier

dromedario

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaːˈmeːl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: camêel

In summary

From Middle Dutch camêel, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), from a Semitic language. The form kemel (with stress on the initial syllable), the earliest attested form of the word in Middle Dutch which survived into early Modern Dutch, presumably represents an earlier borrowing from Latin or Greek, with i-umlaut, as if from Proto-West Germanic *kamīl.