خم

See also: جم, حم, and چم

Arabic

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

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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