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doum palm

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A palm tree of species Hyphaene thebaica, with edible oval fruit, native to northern Africa and some countries of the Levant.

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History

Etymology

From Arabic دوم (dawm) + palm.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُقْل (muql) — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Arabic: دَوْم (dawm) — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Bura: gwarvà — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Catalan: palmera tebaica — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Duwai: gùrmo — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Dyula: simini — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Esperanto: dumpalmo — Hyphaene thebaica
  • French: doum — Hyphaene thebaica
  • French: palmier doum d’Égypte — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Fula: gelleehi — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Fula: yellere — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Fula: balol — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Fula: yelleere — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Gourmanchéma: paparigu — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Greek: φοίνικας ντουμ (foínikas ntoum) — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Ancient Greek: κόϊξ (kóïx) — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Hausa: aru — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Hausa: goriba — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Hebrew: דום מצרי (dom mitsrí) — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Italian: palma dum — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Karekare: gṑrifā̀ — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Moore: kõn-bila — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Nawdm: laŋkpadga — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Ngizim: tā̀tàukurâm — Hyphaene thebaica
  • North Mofu: máhàr — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Polish: widlica tebańska — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Polish: palma dum — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Shilluk: kanø — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Spanish: palmera dum — Hyphaene thebaica
  • Swahili: mkoma — Hyphaene thebaica