عجمي

Arabic

Etymology

عَجَم (ʕajam, non-Arab; Persian) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective

عَجَمِيّ • (ʕajamiyy) (masculine plural عَجَمِيُّونَ (ʕajamiyyūna) or عَجَم (ʕajam) or أَعْجَام (ʔaʕjām), feminine plural عَجَمِيَّات (ʕajamiyyāt))

  1. non-Arab, foreigner
  2. Persian
  3. (Maghreb, al-Andalus) Berber
  4. (al-Andalus) Romance, or Mozarabic

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Hausa: àjàmi
  • Ottoman Turkish: عجمی (acemi)
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