وهم

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Arabic

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Root
و ه م (w-h-m)

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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وَهَمَ (wahama) I, non-past يَهِمُ‎ (yahimu)

  1. to conjecture, to guess, to presume, to ween, to surmise, to fancy, to assume on ill grounds
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Etymology 2

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Verbal noun of وَهَمَ (wahama).

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Noun

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وَهْم (wahmm (plural أَوْهَام (ʔawhām))

  1. verbal noun of وَهَمَ (wahama) (form I)
  2. imagination, fancy
  3. delusion
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: vəhm
  • Kazakh: уайым (uaiym)
  • Persian: وهم
  • Ottoman Turkish: وهم (vehm)
  • Turkmen: wehim
  • Uzbek: vahm

(via plural form أَوْهَام (ʔawhām))

Verb

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وَهِمَ (wahima) I, non-past يَوْهَمُ‎ (yawhamu)

  1. to be in a state of fancy, to have illusions, to have exuberant imagination
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Verb

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وَهَّمَ (wahhama) II, non-past يُوَهِّمُ‎ (yuwahhimu)

  1. to illude, to delude, to make believe, to cully
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Noun

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وَهَم (wahamm

  1. verbal noun of وَهِمَ (wahima) (form I)
Declension
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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic وَهْم (wahm).

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Readings
Classical reading? wahm
Dari reading? wahm
Iranian reading? vahm
Tajik reading? vahm

Noun

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وهم (vahm) (plural اوهام (owhâm))

  1. hallucination
  2. delusion
  3. illusion, fantasy
  4. mirage; specter
  5. imagination
  6. fear
  7. anxiety