دمية

* From د م ي (d m y) of دَم (dam, “blood”), deriving from the red ochre paint used to decorate idols, which is suggested by Safaitic 𐪕𐪃𐪚 (dmy /⁠damaya⁠/, “to draw”); alternatively, in reference to the blood sacrifices as a means to appease them. It has the appearance of آدم (ʔādam, “man”), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎄𐎎 (ảdm, “man”) etc. * Phonologically dubiously and bare of factual basis, alleging that “it has not a spoor of derivation in Arabic”, Fraenkel claimed it being borrowed from Classical Syriac ܕܘܽܡܳܝܳ