خام

See also: حام, جام, and چام

Pashto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xɑm/

Adjective

خام (xâm)

  1. raw, uncooked (of food)
  2. unpaved (of a road)
  3. unripe (of fruit)

Synonyms


Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian hʾm (xām, crude, raw), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mós. Cognate with Old Armenian հում (hum).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xɒːm/

Adjective

خام (xâm) (comparative خام‌تر, superlative خام‌ترین)

  1. crude
  2. raw

Descendants

  • → Armenian: խամ (xam)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “xām”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 93

Southeast Pashayi

Noun

خام (xām)

  1. boy

Further reading

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