خم

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See also: جم, حم, and چم

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

خَمَّ (ḵamma) I, non-past يَخِمُّ or يَخُمُّ‎ (yaḵimmu or yaḵummu)

  1. to become stinking, to get rotten, to acquire a foul smell
Conjugation

Noun

خَمّ (ḵammm

  1. verbal noun of خَمَّ (ḵamma) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 2

See ق م م (q-m-m) with this meaning.

Verb

خَمَّ (ḵamma) I, non-past يَخُمُّ‎ (yaḵummu)

  1. to sweep, to scoop
Conjugation

Noun

خَمّ (ḵammm

  1. verbal noun of خَمَّ (ḵamma) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 3

From Persian خم (xum).

Noun

خُمّ (ḵummm (plural أَخْمَام (ʔaḵmām))

  1. coop for domestic birds to be fattened, pen for poultry, brooding cage, henhouse, pigeon’s home and the like
Declension

References


Persian

Etymology 1

Adjective

خم (xam)

  1. bent
  2. crooked
  3. curved

Noun

خم (xam)

  1. bend
  2. curve

Etymology 2

From Classical Persian خنب (xunb), خمب (xumb), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwmb'), 𐫟𐫇𐫖𐫁 (xwmb /⁠xumb⁠/, jug, pitcher).

Noun

خم (xom)

  1. cask, vat, jug