English
Hamalian
Hamalian comes from Armenian Համալյան, from համբալ ‘porter, carrier of loads, hamal’, and ultimately from Arabic حَمَّال.
- Arabicc. 500–presentحَمَّال‘porter, carrier’
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928حمالhammâl‘porter, carrier, a person who carries luggage and related objects for others’
- Armenianmodernհամբալas համալ‘porter, carrier of loads, hamal’
- Armenian, derivedmodernՀամալյանHamalyan
- EnglishtodayHamalian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentحَمَّال‘porter, carrier’
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928حمالhammâl‘porter, carrier, a person who carries luggage and related objects for others’
- Armenianmodernհամբալas համալ‘porter, carrier of loads, hamal’
- Armenian, derivedmodernՀամալյանHamalyan
- EnglishtodayHamalian
Every English word from Arabic حَمَّال
Today it means
name A surname from Armenian.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic حَمَّال / Hamalian