تمام

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ت م م (t m m)
9 terms

Cognate with Hebrew תָּמִים (tamím).

Noun

تَمَام • (tamām) m

Declension

Declension of noun **تَمَام** (tamām)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تَمَام tamām	التَّمَام at-tamām	تَمَام tamām
nominative	تَمَامٌ tamāmun	التَّمَامُ at-tamāmu	تَمَامُ tamāmu
accusative	تَمَامًا tamāman	التَّمَامَ at-tamāma	تَمَامَ tamāma
genitive	تَمَامٍ tamāmin	التَّمَامِ at-tamāmi	تَمَامِ tamāmi

Adjective

تَمَام • (tamām)

Declension

Declension of adjective **تَمَام** (tamām)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	تَمَام tamām	التَّمَام at-tamām	تَمَامَة tamāma	التَّمَامَة at-tamāma
nominative	تَمَامٌ tamāmun	التَّمَامُ at-tamāmu	تَمَامَةٌ tamāmatun	التَّمَامَةُ at-tamāmatu
accusative	تَمَامًا tamāman	التَّمَامَ at-tamāma	تَمَامَةً tamāmatan	التَّمَامَةَ at-tamāmata
genitive	تَمَامٍ tamāmin	التَّمَامِ at-tamāmi	تَمَامَةٍ tamāmatin	التَّمَامَةِ at-tamāmati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	تَمَامَيْن tamāmayn	التَّمَامَيْن at-tamāmayn	تَمَامَتَيْن tamāmatayn	التَّمَامَتَيْن at-tamāmatayn
nominative	تَمَامَانِ tamāmāni	التَّمَامَانِ at-tamāmāni	تَمَامَتَانِ tamāmatāni	التَّمَامَتَانِ at-tamāmatāni
accusative	تَمَامَيْنِ tamāmayni	التَّمَامَيْنِ at-tamāmayni	تَمَامَتَيْنِ tamāmatayni	التَّمَامَتَيْنِ at-tamāmatayni
genitive	تَمَامَيْنِ tamāmayni	التَّمَامَيْنِ at-tamāmayni	تَمَامَتَيْنِ tamāmatayni	التَّمَامَتَيْنِ at-tamāmatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	?	?	تَمَامَات tamāmāt	التَّمَامَات at-tamāmāt
nominative	?	?	تَمَامَاتٌ tamāmātun	التَّمَامَاتُ at-tamāmātu
accusative	?	?	تَمَامَاتٍ tamāmātin	التَّمَامَاتِ at-tamāmāti
genitive	?	?	تَمَامَاتٍ tamāmātin	التَّمَامَاتِ at-tamāmāti

Derived terms

تَمامًا (tamāman)

Descendants

Maltese: tmiem
→ Bashkir: тамам (tamam)
→ Central Kurdish: تەواو (tewaw)
→ Georgian: თამამი (tamami)
→ Middle Armenian: թամամ (tʻamam)
- → Armenian: թամամ (tʻamam)
→ Swahili: timamu
→ Ottoman Turkish: تمام (tamâm)
- Turkish: tamam
  - → German: tamam
  - → Swedish: tamam
- → Ladino: tamam, tamán
- → Macedonian: таман (taman)
- → Romanian: taman
→ Tatar: тәмам (tämam)
→ Serbo-Croatian: taman / таман
→ Persian: تمام (tamâm)

Etymology 2

Noun

تِمَام • (timām) m

verbal noun of تَمَّ (tamma) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun **تِمَام** (timām)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تِمَام timām	التِّمَام at-timām	تِمَام timām
nominative	تِمَامٌ timāmun	التِّمَامُ at-timāmu	تِمَامُ timāmu
accusative	تِمَامًا timāman	التِّمَامَ at-timāma	تِمَامَ timāma
genitive	تِمَامٍ timāmin	التِّمَامِ at-timāmi	تِمَامِ timāmi

Etymology 3

Noun

تُمَام • (tumām) m

verbal noun of تَمَّ (tamma) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun **تُمَام** (tumām)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تُمَام tumām	التُّمَام at-tumām	تُمَام tumām
nominative	تُمَامٌ tumāmun	التُّمَامُ at-tumāmu	تُمَامُ tumāmu
accusative	تُمَامًا tumāman	التُّمَامَ at-tumāma	تُمَامَ tumāma
genitive	تُمَامٍ tumāmin	التُّمَامِ at-tumāmi	تُمَامِ tumāmi

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (tamām), from Arabic تَمَام (tamām).

Adjective

تمام • (tamām or tämām)

Descendants

Uyghur: تامام (tamam)
Uzbek:
Latin script: tamom

Cyrillic script: тамом (tamom)

Afghan Uzbek: تَمام (tamom)

Gujarati

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Determiner

تَمام • (tamām)

Lisan ud-Dawat spelling of તમામ (tamām)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمَام (tamām).

Adjective

تمام • (tamâm)

Adverb

تمام • (tamâm)

Interjection

تمام • (tamâm)

Synonyms

اولدی (oldı)

Noun

تمام • (tamâm, temâm)

Synonyms

بتون (bütün)

Persian

Alternative forms

تموم (tamum) (colloquial, Iran)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمَام (tamām).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ta.ˈmaːm/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.mɑ́ːm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.mɑ́ːm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.mɔ́ːm]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.mɒ́ːm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.mɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tamām
Dari reading^?	tamām
Iranian reading^?	tamâm
Tajik reading^?	tamom

Audio (Iran): (file)

Adjective

تمام • (tamām / tamâm) (comparative تمام‌تَر, superlative تمام‌تَرین, Tajik spelling тамом)

complete
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 3478:
  کرد شیخ اسلام از کبر تمام
  این برادر را چنین نصف القیام
  kard šayx-i-islām az kibr-i tamām
  īn barādar rā čunīn nisfa-l-qiyām
  In his complete arrogance the Shaykh of Islam [only] half rose [from his seat], in such a [careless] fashion, to [salute] his brother.

Derived terms

تمام شدن (tamām šudan / tamâm šodan, “to be completed, to be finished”)
تمام کردن (tamām kardan / tamâm kardan, “to complete, to finish”)

Noun

تمام • (tamām / tamâm) (Tajik spelling тамом)

(with a following ezafe) all of; the whole
Synonym: کل (kull / koll)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ت م م
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic تَمَام (tamām).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta.maːm/, [taˈmæːm]
Audio (Jerusalem): (file)

Interjection

تمام • (tamām)

OK, fine
Synonym: طيّب (ṭayyeb)

Adverb

تمام • (tamām)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (tamām), from Arabic تَمَام (tamām), from the root ت م م (t m m).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.mɑːm/
Audio (Pakistan): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːm

Adjective

تَمام • (tamām) (Hindi spelling तमाम)

all
every

References

“تمام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“تمام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.