diamas

ماسmās (or: almās)

n. mās / almās – diamond (min.)

  1. Albuzale Simp. §18.40: Lapis diamantis est frigidum et siccum in quarto

    Laba.: حجر الماس بارد يابس في الرابعة

  1. 1 s.v. diamantis and lapis diamantis Albuzale Simp.
[ < Persian almās < Greek ἀδάμας. EIr s.v. ‘Greece xiii. Greek Loanwords in Middle Iranian Languages’. ]

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