دوام

Arabic

Root
د و م (d w m)
14 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of دَامَ (dāma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.waːm/

Noun

دَوَام • (dawām) m

1. verbal noun of دَامَ (dāma) (form I)
2. endurance, continuation, persistence
3. permanence

   دَوَامُ الْحَالِ مِنَ الْمُحَالِ.

   dawāmu al-ḥāli mina l-muḥāli.

   nothing stays the same forever

4. working hours

Declension

Declension of noun دَوَام (dawām)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	دَوَام dawām	الدَّوَام ad-dawām	دَوَام dawām
nominative	دَوَامٌ dawāmun	الدَّوَامُ ad-dawāmu	دَوَامُ dawāmu
accusative	دَوَامًا dawāman	الدَّوَامَ ad-dawāma	دَوَامَ dawāma
genitive	دَوَامٍ dawāmin	الدَّوَامِ ad-dawāmi	دَوَامِ dawāmi

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: دوام (dawām)
• → Bashkir: дауам (dawam)
• → Tatar: дәвам (däwam)
• → Persian: دوام
  • → Azerbaijani: davam
  • → Ottoman Turkish: دوام
    • Turkish: devam
• → Swahili: dawamu
• → Turkmen: dowam
• → Uyghur: داۋام (dawam)
• → Uzbek: davom

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “دوام”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic دَوَام (dawām).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /dəˈwɑːm/

Noun

دوام • (dawām) m

1. work, occupation, or, less often, school.

   وين دوامچ؟ ― wēn dawāmič? ― Where do you work?

2. (archaic) permanent existence; immortality through time

   الدوام لله ― ad-dawām lillāh ― permanent existence is (only) for God

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَوَام (dawām).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /da.ˈwaːm/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɑːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɑːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɑːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɔːm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æ.vɒːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.vɔm]

• Rhymes: -aːm

Readings
Classical reading?	dawām
Dari reading?	dawām
Iranian reading?	davâm
Tajik reading?	davom

Noun

دَوام • (davâm)

1. durability; durableness

   خانه با دوام ― xâne-ye bâ davâm ― durable house

2. enduring; persisting; immortality through time

   دوام تاریخی ― davâm-e târixi ― historical continuity

   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 11”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎^[2]:

     هرگز نمیرد آن که دلش زنده شد به عشق
     ثبت است بر جریدهٔ عالم دوام ما

     hargiz na-mīrad ān ki dil-aš zinda šud ba išq
     sabt ast bar jarīda-yi ālam dawām-i mā

     He whose heart lives in love shall never die;
     On the world’s account-book, our immortality is registered.

     (romanization in Classical Persian)

Derived terms

• دوام آوردن (davâm âvordan)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
د و م
2 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic دَوَام (dawām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.waːm/, [daˈwæːm], [daˈwaːm]

• Audio (Amman):

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Noun

دوام • (dawām) m

1. workday, work hours, office hours