كرم

See also: کرم and گرم

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ك ر م (k-r-m).

Verb

كَرُمَ (karuma) I, non-past يَكْرُمُ‎ (yakrumu)

  1. to be or become noble
  2. to be or become generous
  3. to be or become precious
Conjugation

Verb

كَرَّمَ (karrama) II, non-past يُكَرِّمُ‎ (yukarrimu)

  1. to call (someone) noble
  2. to honor, to venerate
  3. to exalt
Conjugation

Noun

كَرَم (karam) m

  1. verbal noun of كَرُمَ (karuma) (form I)
  2. nobleness, kindness
  3. generosity
    • 2018 July 6, “رئيس الجمهورية يزور مدينة “عرتا” الجيبوتية [The President of the Republic visits the town of ʿartā of Djibouti]”, in وكالة الأنباء الوطنية الصومالية (Somali National News Agency):
      لمدينة عرتا لها ذاكرة في قلوب الصوماليين، حيث إحتضنت نقبة كبيرة من المجتمع الصومالي، وأنها أصبحت رمزا للكرم والسخاء.
      li-madīnati ʿartā la-hā ḏākiratun fī qulūbi ṣ-ṣūmāliyyīna, ḥayṯu ḥtaḍanat naqbatan kabīratan mina l-mujtamaʿi ṣ-ṣūmāliyyi, wa-ʾanna-hā ʾaṣbaḥat ramzan li-l-karami wa-s-saḵāʾi.
      The town of ʿartā is of avid memory with the Somalis in that it embraced a large swathe of Somali society and became a symbol of openhandedness and generosity.
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

Compare Ugaritic 𐎋𐎗𐎎 (krm, vineyard), Aramaic כַּרְמָא (karmā, vineyard), Hebrew כֶּרֶם (kérem, vineyard), Akkadian 𒃾 (GEŠTIN /karānu/, wine, vine, grapes), and the possible etymon Egyptian kꜣm.

Noun

كَرْم (karm) m (collective, singulative كَرْمَة (karma), plural كُرُوم (kurūm))

  1. vineyard, vines
Declension
Descendants
  • Ge'ez: ክርም (kərm)

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), كرم”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 459–460
  • Freytag, Georg (1837), كرم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 28–29
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), كرم”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 888–890
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), كرم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 962–963

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic كَرَم (karam).

Noun

كرم (kerem)

  1. kindness
  2. grace

Proper noun

كرم (Kerem)

  1. A male given name: Kerem
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