تخم

See also: تحم

Arabic

Etymology 1

From a corruption of the verb اِتَّخَمَ (ittaḵama) or from a resegmentation of تُخْمَة (tuḵma, indigestion) from the root و خ م (w-ḵ-m).

Verb

تَخِمَ (taḵima) I, non-past يَتْخَمُ‎ (yatḵamu)

  1. to suffer indigestion, to be troubled with glut
Conjugation

Noun

تَخَم (taḵam) m

  1. verbal noun of تَخِمَ (taḵima) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

تُخَم (tuḵam) pl

  1. plural of تُخْمَة (tuḵma)

Etymology 3

From Aramaic תְּחוּמָא (təḥūmā, border, limit).

Alternative forms

  • تَخُوم (taḵūm), تَخُومَة (taḵūma)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuxm/, IPA(key): /taxm/

Noun

تُخْم or تَخْم (tuḵm or taḵm) m (plural تُخُوم (tuḵūm) or تُخُم (tuḵum) or أَتْخِمَة (ʾatḵima))

  1. frontier, border, limit, boundary
    • 7th century CE, Sunan Abī Dāwud, 20:106:
      جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَبِ مَا بَيْنَ الْوَادِي إِلَى أَقْصَى الْيَمَنِ إِلَى تُخُومِ الْعِرَاقِ إِلَى الْبَحْرِ‏.‏
      jazīratu l-ʿarabi mā bayna l-wādī ʾilā ʾaqṣā l-yamani ʾilā tuḵūmi l-ʿirāqi ʾilā l-baḥri.
      The island of Arabia lies between Al-Wadi to the extremes of the Yemen extending to the frontiers of Al Iraq and the sea.
Declension

Etymology 4

Denominal verb from تُخْم (tuḵm) or from Aramaic תָּחַם (tāḥam), תְּחַם (təḥam, to delimit), which is denominal from תְּחוּם (təḥūm, border, limit).

Verb

تَخَمَ (taḵama) I, non-past يَتْخِمُ‎ (yatḵimu)

  1. to delimit
Conjugation

References

  • tḥwm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • tḥm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 282
  • Freytag, Georg (1830), تخم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 187
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), تخم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 299
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), تخم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 137

Persian

Etymology

From Parthian twxm (tōxm, seed, line, race), from Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬑𐬨𐬀𐬥- (taoxman-, seed), from Proto-Indo-European *tewk- (germ, seed, sprout, offspring).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t̪ʰoχm]

Noun

Dari Persian تخم
Iranian Persian تخم
Tajiki Persian тухм (tuxm)

تخم (toxm)

  1. seed
  2. grain
  3. ovum, egg
  4. sperm
  5. semen
  6. origin
  7. testicle

Derived terms

  • تخمه (toxme)

Descendants

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