ترحم

See also: تزحم, پرچم, ترجم, and ت ر ج م

Arabic

Root
ر ح م (r ḥ m)
12 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.raħ.ħa.ma/

Verb

تَرَحَّمَ • (taraḥḥama) V (non-past يَتَرَحَّمُ (yataraḥḥamu), verbal noun تَرَحُّم (taraḥḥum))

1. to ask for mercy on [+عَلَى (object)]

Conjugation

Conjugation of تَرَحَّمَ (V, sound, impersonal passive, verbal noun تَرَحُّم)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَرَحُّم taraḥḥum
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُتَرَحِّم mutaraḥḥim
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُتَرَحَّم mutaraḥḥam
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تَرَحَّمْتُ taraḥḥamtu	تَرَحَّمْتَ taraḥḥamta	تَرَحَّمَ taraḥḥama		تَرَحَّمْتُمَا taraḥḥamtumā	تَرَحَّمَا taraḥḥamā		تَرَحَّمْنَا taraḥḥamnā	تَرَحَّمْتُمْ taraḥḥamtum	تَرَحَّمُوا taraḥḥamū
	f		تَرَحَّمْتِ taraḥḥamti	تَرَحَّمَتْ taraḥḥamat			تَرَحَّمَتَا taraḥḥamatā			تَرَحَّمْتُنَّ taraḥḥamtunna	تَرَحَّمْنَ taraḥḥamna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَتَرَحَّمُ ʔataraḥḥamu	تَتَرَحَّمُ tataraḥḥamu	يَتَرَحَّمُ yataraḥḥamu		تَتَرَحَّمَانِ tataraḥḥamāni	يَتَرَحَّمَانِ yataraḥḥamāni		نَتَرَحَّمُ nataraḥḥamu	تَتَرَحَّمُونَ tataraḥḥamūna	يَتَرَحَّمُونَ yataraḥḥamūna
	f		تَتَرَحَّمِينَ tataraḥḥamīna	تَتَرَحَّمُ tataraḥḥamu			تَتَرَحَّمَانِ tataraḥḥamāni			تَتَرَحَّمْنَ tataraḥḥamna	يَتَرَحَّمْنَ yataraḥḥamna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَتَرَحَّمَ ʔataraḥḥama	تَتَرَحَّمَ tataraḥḥama	يَتَرَحَّمَ yataraḥḥama		تَتَرَحَّمَا tataraḥḥamā	يَتَرَحَّمَا yataraḥḥamā		نَتَرَحَّمَ nataraḥḥama	تَتَرَحَّمُوا tataraḥḥamū	يَتَرَحَّمُوا yataraḥḥamū
	f		تَتَرَحَّمِي tataraḥḥamī	تَتَرَحَّمَ tataraḥḥama			تَتَرَحَّمَا tataraḥḥamā			تَتَرَحَّمْنَ tataraḥḥamna	يَتَرَحَّمْنَ yataraḥḥamna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَتَرَحَّمْ ʔataraḥḥam	تَتَرَحَّمْ tataraḥḥam	يَتَرَحَّمْ yataraḥḥam		تَتَرَحَّمَا tataraḥḥamā	يَتَرَحَّمَا yataraḥḥamā		نَتَرَحَّمْ nataraḥḥam	تَتَرَحَّمُوا tataraḥḥamū	يَتَرَحَّمُوا yataraḥḥamū
	f		تَتَرَحَّمِي tataraḥḥamī	تَتَرَحَّمْ tataraḥḥam			تَتَرَحَّمَا tataraḥḥamā			تَتَرَحَّمْنَ tataraḥḥamna	يَتَرَحَّمْنَ yataraḥḥamna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		تَرَحَّمْ taraḥḥam			تَرَحَّمَا taraḥḥamā				تَرَحَّمُوا taraḥḥamū
	f		تَرَحَّمِي taraḥḥamī							تَرَحَّمْنَ taraḥḥamna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	تُرُحِّمَ turuḥḥima		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُتَرَحَّمُ yutaraḥḥamu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُتَرَحَّمَ yutaraḥḥama		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُتَرَحَّمْ yutaraḥḥam		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَرَحُّم (taraḥḥum).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ta.rah.ˈhum/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾäɦ.hʊ́m]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾäɦ.hʊ́m]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɑːʊ́m]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɔːúm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.ɹæɦ.hóm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾäɦ.húm]

Readings
Classical reading?	tarahhum
Dari reading?	tarahhum
Iranian reading?	tarahhom
Tajik reading?	tarahhum

Noun

ترحم • (tarahhom)

1. compassion, commiseration, pity
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 73:

     شدم بمرگ خود از حسرت رخت راضی
     ترحمی بکن ای سنگ دل بما بنگر

     šudam ba-marg-i xwad az hasrat-i ruxat rāzī
     tarahhumē bikun ay sang dil ba-mā bingar

     Out of chagrin for your face, I became satisfied to die;
     Take pity, o you of stony heart, and look at me!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

• → Chagatai: ترحم (trḥm)
  • Uyghur: تەرەھھۇم (terehhum)
  • Uzbek: tarahhum

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “ترحم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim