مبهم

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ب ه م (b-h-m)

Derived from the passive participle of أَبْهَمَ (ʔabhama, “to shut/lock, conceal, to make obscure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mub.ham/

Adjective

مُبْهَم • (mubham) (feminine مُبْهَمَة (mubhama), masculine plural مُبْهَمُونَ (mubhamūna), feminine plural مُبْهَمَات (mubhamāt))

1. mysterious, secret, cloudy, uncertain
2. ambiguous, vague
3. closed, locked (a door)

Declension

Declension of adjective مُبْهَم (mubham)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُبْهَم mubham	الْمُبْهَم al-mubham	مُبْهَمَة mubhama	الْمُبْهَمَة al-mubhama
Nominative	مُبْهَمٌ mubhamun	الْمُبْهَمُ al-mubhamu	مُبْهَمَةٌ mubhamatun	الْمُبْهَمَةُ al-mubhamatu
Accusative	مُبْهَمًا mubhaman	الْمُبْهَمَ al-mubhama	مُبْهَمَةً mubhamatan	الْمُبْهَمَةَ al-mubhamata
Genitive	مُبْهَمٍ mubhamin	الْمُبْهَمِ al-mubhami	مُبْهَمَةٍ mubhamatin	الْمُبْهَمَةِ al-mubhamati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُبْهَمَيْن mubhamayn	الْمُبْهَمَيْن al-mubhamayn	مُبْهَمَتَيْن mubhamatayn	الْمُبْهَمَتَيْن al-mubhamatayn
Nominative	مُبْهَمَانِ mubhamāni	الْمُبْهَمَانِ al-mubhamāni	مُبْهَمَتَانِ mubhamatāni	الْمُبْهَمَتَانِ al-mubhamatāni
Accusative	مُبْهَمَيْنِ mubhamayni	الْمُبْهَمَيْنِ al-mubhamayni	مُبْهَمَتَيْنِ mubhamatayni	الْمُبْهَمَتَيْنِ al-mubhamatayni
Genitive	مُبْهَمَيْنِ mubhamayni	الْمُبْهَمَيْنِ al-mubhamayni	مُبْهَمَتَيْنِ mubhamatayni	الْمُبْهَمَتَيْنِ al-mubhamatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُبْهَمِين mubhamīn	الْمُبْهَمِين al-mubhamīn	مُبْهَمَات mubhamāt	الْمُبْهَمَات al-mubhamāt
Nominative	مُبْهَمُونَ mubhamūna	الْمُبْهَمُونَ al-mubhamūna	مُبْهَمَاتٌ mubhamātun	الْمُبْهَمَاتُ al-mubhamātu
Accusative	مُبْهَمِينَ mubhamīna	الْمُبْهَمِينَ al-mubhamīna	مُبْهَمَاتٍ mubhamātin	الْمُبْهَمَاتِ al-mubhamāti
Genitive	مُبْهَمِينَ mubhamīna	الْمُبْهَمِينَ al-mubhamīna	مُبْهَمَاتٍ mubhamātin	الْمُبْهَمَاتِ al-mubhamāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mübhəm
• → Ottoman Turkish: مبهم (mübhem)
  • → Turkish: müphem
• → Persian: مبهم (mobham)
• → Tajik: мубҳам (mubham)
• → Uzbek: mubham

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُبْهَم (mubham).

Adjective

مبهم • (mübhem)

1. vague, unclear, obscure

Descendants

• Turkish: müphem

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُبْهَم (mubham).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muβ.ham]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊb.häm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊb.häm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.bäm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.bäm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mob.hæm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mub.häm]

Readings
Classical reading?	muḇham
Dari reading?	mubham
Iranian reading?	mobham
Tajik reading?	mubham

Adjective

Dari	مبهم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мубҳам

مبهم • (mobham)

1. mysterious (of unknown origin; difficult to understand; having unknown qualities)
2. vague

Synonyms

• ناروشن (nâ-rowšan)

Related terms

• ابهام (ebhâm)