رخام

See also: زحام

Arabic

Root
ر خ م (r-ḵ-m)
رُخَام

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ru.xaːm/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /rxaːm/

Noun

رُخَام • (ruḵām) m (collective, singulative رُخَامَة f (ruḵāma))

  1. marble

Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: rħam

Noun

رَخَّامٌ • (raḵḵāmun) m (plural رَخَّامُونَ (raḵḵāmūna), feminine رَخَّامَة (raḵḵāma))

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Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُخَام (ruḵām).

Noun

رخام • (ruham)

  1. marble, a metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone
    Synonym: مرمر (mermer)

Derived terms

  • رخامه (ruhame, piece of marble)
  • رخامی (ruhami, made of marble)

Descendants

  • Turkish: ruham

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُخَام (ruḵām).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [rʊ.xɑ́ːm]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [rʊ.xɑ́ːm]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ru.xɔ́ːm]

Readings
Classical reading? ruxām
Dari reading? ruxām
Iranian reading? roxâm
Tajik reading? ruxom

Noun

Dari رخام
Iranian Persian
Tajik рухом

رخام • (roxâm)

  1. marble
  2. alabaster
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