Talk:Amman

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It is a tourist destination.
Can someone expand this sentence? I tried to check the source but I don't access to it. So however does can they say something like 'it's a major tourist hub' or just any descriptor instead of this dry, weird proclamation. Julia Domna Ba&#39;al (talk) 10:14, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I just removed it, as it seems so trivial that a national capital would attract tourists that it doesn't rise to the level of significance that would call for it to be mentioned in the lead. (Unless it's to note that it's one of the world's major tourist destinations, I suppose, but I don't think Amman is one of those.) Largoplazo (talk) 11:25, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Rabbath Amman or Rabbath Ammon?
This source, which seems to be reliable, claims it was initially Rabbath Amman, with Amm denoting ancestry from an -an; and that Ammon was only used in Hebrew, which would explain why it was still called Amman by the Umayyads. Any other sources that support this claim, considering that the overwhelming majority of sources I recall reading claim Rabbath Ammon, and that it meant king's quarter? The Ammonites, known from biblical, epigraphic, and archaeological sources, derive their name from a presumed ancestor and eponym 'Amman. This is an Amorite name, attested since the early second millennium B.C., especially in the Mari archives'. Its base is formed by the noun 'amm, "forefather" in ancient Semitic?, with the affix -an. The form "Ammon, witnessing the change > 0, is Hebrew, while Akkadian and Greek notations, based on the spoken language, show that the Ammonites were calling themselves Bani 'Amman', their land was Bet 'Amman", and their capital was called Rabbat 'Amman', present-day Amman. Despite the antiquity of the name, no literary sources from the Bronze Age, not even the Egyptian topographical lists, mention the region occupied by the Ammonites in the Iron Age. It means that it fell outside the Pharaonic sphere of influence, although archaeological findings reveal a cultural and economic impact of Egypt. On the Skirts of Canaan in the Iron Age: Historical and Topographical by Lipiński, Edward (2006). Makeandtoss (talk) 11:50, 6 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Any idea?    Makeandtoss (talk) 09:53, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your trust, but no idea. I would check on the author's credentials (Lipinsky?). If he's reliable, I would add his etymology to the other one. Amm- as equivalent to banu, ibn, ben, so AM synonymous to BN but lost with time? New to me. Can anyone think of any other ancient Semitic name starting with Amm-? I can't, but I'm not a scholar either. Arminden (talk) 10:28, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Edward Lipiński (orientalist). So yes, reliable. Doesn't mean he's right, it means he's citable. Arminden (talk) 10:37, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Seems both reliable and citable to me, and his analysis is more detailed than I have seen in any other RS. Bet Amman sounds plausible but he doesn't elaborate on what Rabbat means. My doubts come from the fact that "Bani 'Amman'" sounds very... Arabic. Makeandtoss (talk) 10:59, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Pls. see what I wrote: if reliable, add to current interpretation, for instance with the intro "Another interpretation, presented by Edward Lipiński,...".
 * As to rabbat as Semitic common noun: I have spent ages to figure that out. A less than reliable source claims that it's an ancient Semitic word for, I believe to remember, major fortified city, maybe capital, smth. along those lines. It's truly ancient, see also Rabbath Moab. It might be the ancestor of Arabic ribat, but I'm not a phylologist and I'm afraid of falling into the trap of popular etymologies. I've spent too much time trying to figure it out, with no result. For developments that came after the emergence of the Islamic Arabic term ribat, see that article, plus rabat (disambiguation) and robat (disambiguation). I'd be happy to see what comes out of this, but I doubt anyone on Wiki will figure it out. Cheers, Arminden (talk) 16:39, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Fair enough but I am still surprised at how understudied this is in the literature. There has to be at least one more reliable source, which I unfortunately have not found yet. Also surprised that there's no source that details at least most of these discussions or interpretations. Makeandtoss (talk) 12:46, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

I knew I had come across the name Lipinski before! See here, p. 292; rbt meaning 10,000 and with an extended meaning, "multitudes". Not of immediate help, but maybe related. Still: ribat as a fort might be closer to what we need. Maybe. Or are ri- and ra- unrelated? Here is where I stop. Arminden (talk) 17:34, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Seil Amman
Requires a dedicated section and holistic mention in the lede. Makeandtoss (talk) 12:40, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Winter blossom
@Uness232 living really close to the border with Jordan, believe me this is a winter blossom in this picture. We don’t have spring here in the Middle East. In April things are already starting to get dry and die. דולב חולב (talk) 02:56, 1 March 2024 (UTC)


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