رم

See also: ژم

Arabic

Root
ر م م (r-m-m)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ram.ma/

Verb

رَمَّ • (ramma) I, non-past يَرُمُّ‎ (yarummu)

  1. (transitive) to fix, to repair, to correct
  2. (intransitive, of cables, ropes, etc.) to be cut
  3. (intransitive) to decay, to rot, to decompose
  4. (transitive) to eat, to consume
  5. to take with one's lips

Conjugation

Pashto

Etymology

Likely from Middle Persian *hram, borrowed from Parthian *hram (fear, terror), from Proto-Iranian *θráhma.

Noun

رم • (ram) m

  1. fear, fright

Persian

Etymology 1

Likely from Middle Persian *hram, borrowed from Parthian *hram (fear, terror), from Proto-Iranian *θráhma. Doublet of سهم (sahm, fear).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ram
Dari reading? ram
Iranian reading? ram
Tajik reading? ram

Noun

رَم • (ram)

  1. (especially of animals, birds) shying, taking off from fright
Derived terms
  • رَم دادَن (ram dâdan, to scare, to frighten)
  • رَم کَردَن (ram kardan, to shy, to run away)
  • رَمیدَن (ramidan, to take fright, to shy)
Descendants
  • Pashto: رم (ram)

Etymology 2

From French Rome.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

رُم • (rom)

  1. (Iran) Rome (the capital city of Italy)
  • روم (rum, Rome, historical empire and region)

Etymology 3

From French rhum or directly from English rum.

Pronunciation

Noun

رُم • (rom)

  1. rum

Etymology 4

From English RAM.

Pronunciation

Noun

رَم • (ram)

  1. RAM (computing)

Etymology 5

From Middle Persian [script needed] (lm /⁠ram⁠/). Compare Manichaean Parthian [script needed] (rm /⁠ram⁠/, flock) and Old Armenian երամ (eram, troop, flock).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ram
Dari reading? ram
Iranian reading? ram
Tajik reading? ram

Noun

رَم • (ram)

  1. (obsolete) herd of cattle
  2. (obsolete) assemblage of people
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