سقوم

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

سَقُوم (saqūmm (collective)

  1. Algeria form of سَوْقَم (sawqam, sycomore)
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Classical Syriac ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡܵܐ (sēqōmā), from Ancient Greek σήκωμᾰ (sḗkōma).

Noun[edit]

سَقُوم (saqūmm (collective)

  1. (obsolete, Syria, Yemen) a literal counterbalance, counterpoise, standard weight
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References[edit]

  • Toll, Christopher (1969) “Einige metrologische und metallurgische Termini im Arabischen”, in Orientalia Suecana[2] (in German), volume 18, pages 149–151, with three quotes