# قميص
## Arabic

* Root
* ق م ص (q m ṣ)
* 2 terms

### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qa.miːsˤ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

قَمِيص • (qamīṣ) m (plural قُمْصَان (qumṣān) or أَقْمِصَة (ʔaqmiṣa))
* (Modern Standard Arabic) a short and usually form-fitting upper-body outer garment; a sleeved top; a shirt (such as a T-shirt or a dress shirt)
* (archaic) any long non-bifurcated sleeved loose-fitting garment (such as a housecoat or a nightshirt); a robe
** (Can we date this quote?), ʾAbū Dawūd, السنن [The Traditions]:كَانَ أَحَبَّ الثِّيَابِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْقَمِيصُkāna ʔaḥabba ṯ-ṯiyābi ʔilā n-nabiyyi ṣallā l-lahu ʕalayhi wasallama al-qamīṣuThe most lovely garment to the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—was the robe.
** (Can we date this quote?), al-Tirmiḏī, الجامع الصحيح [The Verifiable Collection]:يَا عُثْمَانُ إِنَّهُ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ يُقَمِّصُكَ قَمِيصًا، فَإِنْ أَرَادُوكَ عَلَى خَلْعِهِ فَلَا تَخْلَعْهُ لَهُمْyā ʕuṯmānu ʔinnahu laʕalla l-laha yuqammiṣuka qamīṣan, faʔin ʔarādūka ʕalā ḵalʕihi falā taḵlaʕhu lahumO ʾUṯmān! It may be that ʾAllāh will [one day] vest you with a robe, and if they ever wish you to take it off, do not take it off for them!
** (Can we date this quote?), al-Nasāʾī, السنن الصغرى [The Lesser Collection]:قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الْإِسْبَالُ فِي الْإِزَارِ، وَالْقَمِيصِ، وَالْعِمَامَةِ مَنْ جَرَّ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا خُيَلَاءَ لَا يَنْظُرُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِDangling is about lower garments, the robe, and the headdress: whosoever trails along any of these out of self-delusion, ʾAllāh does not look at him on the Day of Resurrection.

#### Derived terms

* تَقَمَّصَ (taqammaṣa)
* قَمَّصَ (qammaṣa)
* قَمِيص نَوْم (qamīṣ nawm, “a sleepshirt”)

#### Descendants

* Hijazi Arabic: قميص (gamīṣ)
* Maltese: qmis
* Moroccan Arabic: قميص (qmīṣ)
* South Levantine Arabic: قميص (ʔamīṣ)
* → Classical Persian: قَمِیص (qamīs)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: क़मीज़ (qamīz)
    Urdu: قَمِیض (qamīz), قَمِیص (qamīs)
*** → Assamese: কামিজ (kamiz)
*** → Bengali: কামিজ (kamij)
*** → Marathi: कमीज (kamīj)
*** → Nepali: कमिज (kamij), कमीज (kamīj)
*** → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਕਮੀਜ਼ (kamīz)
* → English: kamees

#### See also

* بُرْنُس (burnus, “a cloak”)
* دِرْع (dirʕ, “a woman's house dress”)

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قَمِيص (qamīṣ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa.miːsˤ/

### Noun

قميص • (gamīṣ) m (plural قُمْصَان (gumṣān))
* shirt
    Synonym: بلوزة (bulūza, “blouse, t-shirt”)
* nightgown
    Synonym: قميص نوم (gamīṣ nōm)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قَمِيص (qamīṣ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Urban) /ʔa.miːsˤ/, [ʔɑˈmiːsˤ]
* IPA: (Bedouin) /ɡa.miːsˤ/, [ɡɑˈmiːsˤ]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

قميص • (ʔamīṣ) m (plural قمصان (ʔumṣān))
* shirt
* blouse
    Synonym: بلوزة (blūze)