روم

See also: زوم

Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Rōma (Rome), by way of Ancient Greek.

Proper noun

رُوم (rūm) ?

  1. Byzantium

Noun

رُوم (rūm) m pl (collective, singulative رُومِيّ (rūmiyy), paucal أَرْوَام (ʾarwām), plural أَرْوَام (ʾarwām))

  1. Byzantines
  2. (plural) followers of the Greek Orthodox Church

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), روم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 (Hrōm).

Proper noun

روم (rum)

  1. ancient Rome
  2. Byzantium
  3. (archaic) Asia Minor

Antonyms

  • زنگ (zang, literally Abyssinia) (literature)
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