خم

See also: جم, حم, and چم

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

خَمَّ (ḵamma) I, non-past يَخِمُّ or يَخُمُّ‎ (yaḵimmu or yaḵummu)

  1. to become stinking, to get rotten, to acquire a foul smell
Conjugation

Noun

خَمّ (ḵamm) m

  1. verbal noun of خَمَّ (ḵamma) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 2

See ق م م (q-m-m) with this meaning.

Verb

خَمَّ (ḵamma) I, non-past يَخُمُّ‎ (yaḵummu)

  1. to sweep, to scoop
Conjugation

Noun

خَمّ (ḵamm) m

  1. verbal noun of خَمَّ (ḵamma) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 3

From Persian خم (xum).

Noun

خُمّ (ḵumm) m (plural أَخْمَام (ʾaḵmām))

  1. coop for domestic birds to be fattened, pen for poultry, brooding cage, henhouse, pigeon’s home and the like
Declension

References


Persian

Etymology 1

Adjective

خم (xam)

  1. bent
  2. crooked
  3. curved

Noun

خم (xam)

  1. bend
  2. curve

Etymology 2

From Classical Persian خنب (xunb), خمب (xumb), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwmb'), 𐫟𐫇𐫖𐫁 (xwmb /xumb/, jug, pitcher).

Noun

خم (xom)

  1. cask, vat, jug
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