کانم

Persian

Alternative forms
  • کالم‎ (dialectal, obsolete)

Etymology

Attested in 14th century Lexicon "Sihāh ul-furs", from older texts of the Early New Persian, probably from Middle Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Noun

کانم • (kânom)

  1. (obsolete) a married woman, wife
  2. (obsolete) a widow
    • 10th century, Monjik, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      ‏ماند کانم که نیز نکند شوی‎
      mānd kānum ki nīz nakunad šōy
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
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