جمرك

Arabic

Alternative forms

• كُمْرُك (kumruk), قُمْرُق (qumruq)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒum.ruk/

Noun

جُمْرُك • (jumruk) m (plural جَمَارِك (jamārik))

1. customs (government department)

Declension

Declension of noun جُمْرُك (jumruk)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُمْرُك jumruk	الْجُمْرُك al-jumruk	جُمْرُك jumruk
Nominative	جُمْرُكٌ jumrukun	الْجُمْرُكُ al-jumruku	جُمْرُكُ jumruku
Accusative	جُمْرُكًا jumrukan	الْجُمْرُكَ al-jumruka	جُمْرُكَ jumruka
Genitive	جُمْرُكٍ jumrukin	الْجُمْرُكِ al-jumruki	جُمْرُكِ jumruki
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُمْرُكَيْن jumrukayn	الْجُمْرُكَيْن al-jumrukayn	جُمْرُكَيْ jumrukay
Nominative	جُمْرُكَانِ jumrukāni	الْجُمْرُكَانِ al-jumrukāni	جُمْرُكَا jumrukā
Accusative	جُمْرُكَيْنِ jumrukayni	الْجُمْرُكَيْنِ al-jumrukayni	جُمْرُكَيْ jumrukay
Genitive	جُمْرُكَيْنِ jumrukayni	الْجُمْرُكَيْنِ al-jumrukayni	جُمْرُكَيْ jumrukay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَمَارِك jamārik	الْجَمَارِك al-jamārik	جَمَارِك jamārik
Nominative	جَمَارِكُ jamāriku	الْجَمَارِكُ al-jamāriku	جَمَارِكُ jamāriku
Accusative	جَمَارِكَ jamārika	الْجَمَارِكَ al-jamārika	جَمَارِكَ jamārika
Genitive	جَمَارِكَ jamārika	الْجَمَارِكِ al-jamāriki	جَمَارِكِ jamāriki

Derived terms

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

References

• 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

Etymology

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

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

Noun

جُمْرُك • (jumruk) m (plural جَمارِك (jamārik))

1. customs (“duties imposed on goods”)