دوام

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Arabic

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Root
د و م (d w m)
10 terms

Etymology

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Verbal noun of دَامَ (dāma).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دَوَام (dawāmm

  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

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Descendants

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  • Gulf Arabic: دوام (dawām)
  • Bashkir: дауам (dawam)
  • Tatar: дәвам (däwam)
  • Persian: دوام
  • Turkmen: dowam
  • Uyghur: داۋام (dawam)
  • Uzbek: davom

References

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Gulf Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic دَوَام (dawām).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دوام (dawāmm

  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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic دَوَام (dawām).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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دَوام (davâm)

  1. durability; durableness
    خانه با دوامxâne bâ davâmdurable house
  2. enduring; persisting; immortality through time
    • 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-mîrad ân ki dil-aš zinda šud ba išq
      sabt ast bar jarîda-yi âlam dawâm-i mâ
      He whose heart lives in love shall never die;
      On the world’s account-book, our immortality is registered.
      (romanization in Classical Persian)

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
د و م
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic دَوَام (dawām).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /da.waːm/, [daˈwæːm], [daˈwaːm]
  • Audio (Amman):(file)

Noun

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دوام (dawāmm

  1. workday, work hours, office hours