طعام

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root ط ع م (ṭ-ʕ-m). Cognate with Hebrew טַעַם (ṭāʿām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤa.ʕaːm/
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Noun

طَعَام (ṭaʕāmm (countable and uncountable, plural أَطْعِمَة (ʾaṭʿima))

  1. food
    اَلطَّعَامُ وَٱلشَّرَابُ
    aṭ-ṭaʕāmu waš-šarābu
    food and drink
  2. wheat
    • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 16, page 680:
      وقيل إن نضح بقدر جرة من ماء الزيتون قدر مائة جرة من الطعام لم يفسد ولم تصبه آفة وإن نضح عليه ماء الأفسنتين بقي ولم يفسد.
      It is said that when a jar of wheat is dampened with a jar of amurca it does not suffer decay nor damage, and if it is dampened with absinthe water, it stays and does not rot.
  3. grain

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