قم

See also: فم and ق. م.

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق م م (q-m-m)

Verb

قَمَّ • (qamma) I, non-past يَقُمُّ‎ (yaqummu)

  1. to sweep, to scoop
  2. to go onto and into, to climb on
Conjugation

Noun

قَمّ • (qamm) m

  1. verbal noun of قَمَّ (qamma) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 2

From Persian قم (qom).

Proper noun

قُم • (qum) f

  1. Qom (a city in Iran)
  2. Qom (a province of Iran).
Declension
Derived terms
  • قُمِّي (qummī)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

قُمْ • (qum) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of قَامَ (qāma)

Persian

Etymology

Immediately from Arabic, since the city was founded by Arabs in 685 and because ق (q) does not occur in native Persian words. The 988 book History of Qum offers several etymologies:[1]

  • An Arabic corruption of Classical Persian کومه (kūma, shed; hut), since the site of the city was previously used by shepherds for shelter. This may be the most plausible.
  • An Arabic corruption of the nearby Persian village of کوب (kūb).
  • From Arabic قُمْ (qum, stand up!, singular imperative of قَامَ (qāma, to stand up)), with various religious etymologies (e.g. because the Prophet Muhammad was ordered to "stand up" on the site of the city during his heavenly journey); these are obvious cases of folk etymology.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? qum
Dari reading? qum
Iranian reading? ğom
Tajik reading? qum

Proper noun

Dari قم
Iranian Persian
Tajik Қум

قم • (qom)

  1. Qom (a city in Iran); a shrine city and center of Shi'ite seminarian learning
  2. Qom (a province of Iran).

Descendants

  • Chagatai: قم

References

  1. Hanaoka, Mimi (2016) Authority and Identity in Medieval Islamic Historiography: Persian Histories from the Peripheries, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 205—207
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