عظم

Arabic

Root
ع ظ م (ʕ ẓ m)
11 terms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯ̣m-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕaðˤm/

Noun

عَظْم • (ʕaẓm) m (plural عِظَام (ʕiẓām) or أَعْظُم (ʔaʕẓum))

2. bone
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 75:3:

     أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَع عِظَامَهُۥ.

     Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones?

   • a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbi, رَأَيْتُكَ تُوسِعُ ٱلشُّعَرَاءَ نَيْلًا (raʔaytuka tūsiʕu š-šuʕarāʔa naylan):

     رَأَيْتُكَ تُوسِعُ ٱلشُّعَرَاءَ نَيْلًا / حَدِيثَهُمُ ٱلْمُوَلَّدَ وَٱلْقَدِيمَا
     فَتُعْطِي مَنْ بَقَى مَالًا جَسِيمًا / وَتُعْطِي مَنْ مَضَى شَرَفًا عَظِيمَا
     سَمِعْتُكَ مُنْشِدًا بَيْتَيْ زِيَادٍ / نَشِيدًا مِثْلَ مُنْشِدِهِ كَرِيمَا
     فَمَا أَنْكَرْتُ مَوْضِعَهُ وَلَٰكِنْ / غَبَطْتُ بِذَاكَ أَعْظُمَهُ ٱلرَّمِيمَا

     raʔaytuka tūsiʕu š-šuʕarāʔa naylan / ḥadīṯahumu l-muwallada wal-qadīmā
     fatuʕṭī man baqā mālan jasīman / watuʕṭī man maḍā šarafan ʕaẓīmā
     samiʕtuka munšidan baytay ziyādin / našīdan miṯla munšidihi karīmā
     famā ʔankartu mawḍiʕahu walākin / ḡabaṭtu biḏāka ʔaʕẓumahu r-ramīmā

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Declension

Declension of noun عَظْم (ʕaẓm)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَظْم ʕaẓm	الْعَظْم al-ʕaẓm	عَظْم ʕaẓm
nominative	عَظْمٌ ʕaẓmun	الْعَظْمُ al-ʕaẓmu	عَظْمُ ʕaẓmu
accusative	عَظْمًا ʕaẓman	الْعَظْمَ al-ʕaẓma	عَظْمَ ʕaẓma
genitive	عَظْمٍ ʕaẓmin	الْعَظْمِ al-ʕaẓmi	عَظْمِ ʕaẓmi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَظْمَيْن ʕaẓmayn	الْعَظْمَيْن al-ʕaẓmayn	عَظْمَيْ ʕaẓmay
nominative	عَظْمَانِ ʕaẓmāni	الْعَظْمَانِ al-ʕaẓmāni	عَظْمَا ʕaẓmā
accusative	عَظْمَيْنِ ʕaẓmayni	الْعَظْمَيْنِ al-ʕaẓmayni	عَظْمَيْ ʕaẓmay
genitive	عَظْمَيْنِ ʕaẓmayni	الْعَظْمَيْنِ al-ʕaẓmayni	عَظْمَيْ ʕaẓmay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عِظَام‎; أَعْظُم ʕiẓām‎; ʔaʕẓum	الْعِظَام‎; الْأَعْظُم al-ʕiẓām‎; al-ʔaʕẓum	عِظَام‎; أَعْظُم ʕiẓām‎; ʔaʕẓum
nominative	عِظَامٌ‎; أَعْظُمٌ ʕiẓāmun‎; ʔaʕẓumun	الْعِظَامُ‎; الْأَعْظُمُ al-ʕiẓāmu‎; al-ʔaʕẓumu	عِظَامُ‎; أَعْظُمُ ʕiẓāmu‎; ʔaʕẓumu
accusative	عِظَامًا‎; أَعْظُمًا ʕiẓāman‎; ʔaʕẓuman	الْعِظَامَ‎; الْأَعْظُمَ al-ʕiẓāma‎; al-ʔaʕẓuma	عِظَامَ‎; أَعْظُمَ ʕiẓāma‎; ʔaʕẓuma
genitive	عِظَامٍ‎; أَعْظُمٍ ʕiẓāmin‎; ʔaʕẓumin	الْعِظَامِ‎; الْأَعْظُمِ al-ʕiẓāmi‎; al-ʔaʕẓumi	عِظَامِ‎; أَعْظُمِ ʕiẓāmi‎; ʔaʕẓumi

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: عظم (ʕaḏ̣am)
• Maltese: għadam
• Moroccan Arabic: عضم (ʕḍam)
• South Levantine Arabic: عضم (ʕaḍm)
• → Azerbaijani: əzm
• → Ottoman Turkish: عظم (azm)
  • Turkish: azm
• → Persian: عظم ('azm)

Etymology 2

Root
ع ظ م (ʕ ẓ m)
11 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.ðˤu.ma/

Verb

عَظُمَ • (ʕaẓuma) I (non-past يَعْظُمُ (yaʕẓumu), verbal noun عِظَم (ʕiẓam) or عَظَامَة (ʕaẓāma))

1. (intransitive) to be great

   إِلٰهِي إِنْ عَظُمَ الذَّنْبُ مِنْ عَبْدِكَ فَلْيَحْسُنِ العَفْوُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ.

   ʔilāhī ʔin ʕaẓuma aḏ-ḏanbu min ʕabdika falyaḥsuni l-ʕafwu min ʕindika.

   My God if the wrongdoing of your worshipper has gotten great then let your forgiveness be splendid.

Conjugation

Conjugation of عَظُمَ (I, sound, u ~ u, no passive (?), verbal nouns عِظَم, عَظَامَة)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						عِظَم, عَظَامَة ʕiẓam, ʕaẓāma
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						عَظِيم ʕaẓīm
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	عَظُمْتُ ʕaẓumtu	عَظُمْتَ ʕaẓumta	عَظُمَ ʕaẓuma		عَظُمْتُمَا ʕaẓumtumā	عَظُمَا ʕaẓumā		عَظُمْنَا ʕaẓumnā	عَظُمْتُمْ ʕaẓumtum	عَظُمُوا ʕaẓumū
	f		عَظُمْتِ ʕaẓumti	عَظُمَتْ ʕaẓumat			عَظُمَتَا ʕaẓumatā			عَظُمْتُنَّ ʕaẓumtunna	عَظُمْنَ ʕaẓumna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَعْظُمُ ʔaʕẓumu	تَعْظُمُ taʕẓumu	يَعْظُمُ yaʕẓumu		تَعْظُمَانِ taʕẓumāni	يَعْظُمَانِ yaʕẓumāni		نَعْظُمُ naʕẓumu	تَعْظُمُونَ taʕẓumūna	يَعْظُمُونَ yaʕẓumūna
	f		تَعْظُمِينَ taʕẓumīna	تَعْظُمُ taʕẓumu			تَعْظُمَانِ taʕẓumāni			تَعْظُمْنَ taʕẓumna	يَعْظُمْنَ yaʕẓumna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَعْظُمَ ʔaʕẓuma	تَعْظُمَ taʕẓuma	يَعْظُمَ yaʕẓuma		تَعْظُمَا taʕẓumā	يَعْظُمَا yaʕẓumā		نَعْظُمَ naʕẓuma	تَعْظُمُوا taʕẓumū	يَعْظُمُوا yaʕẓumū
	f		تَعْظُمِي taʕẓumī	تَعْظُمَ taʕẓuma			تَعْظُمَا taʕẓumā			تَعْظُمْنَ taʕẓumna	يَعْظُمْنَ yaʕẓumna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَعْظُمْ ʔaʕẓum	تَعْظُمْ taʕẓum	يَعْظُمْ yaʕẓum		تَعْظُمَا taʕẓumā	يَعْظُمَا yaʕẓumā		نَعْظُمْ naʕẓum	تَعْظُمُوا taʕẓumū	يَعْظُمُوا yaʕẓumū
	f		تَعْظُمِي taʕẓumī	تَعْظُمْ taʕẓum			تَعْظُمَا taʕẓumā			تَعْظُمْنَ taʕẓumna	يَعْظُمْنَ yaʕẓumna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اُعْظُمْ uʕẓum			اُعْظُمَا uʕẓumā				اُعْظُمُوا uʕẓumū
	f		اُعْظُمِي uʕẓumī							اُعْظُمْنَ uʕẓumna

Etymology 3

Root
ع ظ م (ʕ ẓ m)
11 terms

Compare عَظِيم (ʕaẓīm, “great, powerful, important”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕi.ðˤam/, /ʕuðˤm/

Noun

عِظَم or عُظْم • (ʕiẓam or ʕuẓm) m

1. verbal noun of عَظُمَ (ʕaẓuma) (form I)
2. greatness, magnitude, power
3. pomp
4. bulk, extent, thickness
5. importance
6. pride
7. crowd, multitude
8. (historical, medicine, pathology) enlargement of an organ (in nomenclature of conditions)

   Antonym: تَصَغُّر (taṣaḡḡur)

   عِظَم الكَبِد ― ʕiẓam al-kabid ― hepatomegaly (enlargement of the liver)

Declension

Declension of noun عِزَم (ʕizam)‎; عُظْم (ʕuẓm)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عِزَم‎; عُظْم ʕizam‎; ʕuẓm	الْعِزَم‎; الْعُظْم al-ʕizam‎; al-ʕuẓm	عِزَم‎; عُظْم ʕizam‎; ʕuẓm
nominative	عِزَمٌ‎; عُظْمٌ ʕizamun‎; ʕuẓmun	الْعِزَمُ‎; الْعُظْمُ al-ʕizamu‎; al-ʕuẓmu	عِزَمُ‎; عُظْمُ ʕizamu‎; ʕuẓmu
accusative	عِزَمًا‎; عُظْمًا ʕizaman‎; ʕuẓman	الْعِزَمَ‎; الْعُظْمَ al-ʕizama‎; al-ʕuẓma	عِزَمَ‎; عُظْمَ ʕizama‎; ʕuẓma
genitive	عِزَمٍ‎; عُظْمٍ ʕizamin‎; ʕuẓmin	الْعِزَمِ‎; الْعُظْمِ al-ʕizami‎; al-ʕuẓmi	عِزَمِ‎; عُظْمِ ʕizami‎; ʕuẓmi

Etymology 4

Form-II causative of عَظُمَ (ʕaẓuma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕaðˤ.ðˤa.ma/

Verb

عَظَّمَ • (ʕaẓẓama) II (non-past يُعَظِّمُ (yuʕaẓẓimu), verbal noun تَعْظِيم (taʕẓīm))

1. (transitive, causative) to make great

Conjugation

Conjugation of عَظَّمَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَعْظِيم)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَعْظِيم taʕẓīm
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُعَظِّم muʕaẓẓim
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُعَظَّم muʕaẓẓam
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	عَظَّمْتُ ʕaẓẓamtu	عَظَّمْتَ ʕaẓẓamta	عَظَّمَ ʕaẓẓama		عَظَّمْتُمَا ʕaẓẓamtumā	عَظَّمَا ʕaẓẓamā		عَظَّمْنَا ʕaẓẓamnā	عَظَّمْتُمْ ʕaẓẓamtum	عَظَّمُوا ʕaẓẓamū
	f		عَظَّمْتِ ʕaẓẓamti	عَظَّمَتْ ʕaẓẓamat			عَظَّمَتَا ʕaẓẓamatā			عَظَّمْتُنَّ ʕaẓẓamtunna	عَظَّمْنَ ʕaẓẓamna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُعَظِّمُ ʔuʕaẓẓimu	تُعَظِّمُ tuʕaẓẓimu	يُعَظِّمُ yuʕaẓẓimu		تُعَظِّمَانِ tuʕaẓẓimāni	يُعَظِّمَانِ yuʕaẓẓimāni		نُعَظِّمُ nuʕaẓẓimu	تُعَظِّمُونَ tuʕaẓẓimūna	يُعَظِّمُونَ yuʕaẓẓimūna
	f		تُعَظِّمِينَ tuʕaẓẓimīna	تُعَظِّمُ tuʕaẓẓimu			تُعَظِّمَانِ tuʕaẓẓimāni			تُعَظِّمْنَ tuʕaẓẓimna	يُعَظِّمْنَ yuʕaẓẓimna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُعَظِّمَ ʔuʕaẓẓima	تُعَظِّمَ tuʕaẓẓima	يُعَظِّمَ yuʕaẓẓima		تُعَظِّمَا tuʕaẓẓimā	يُعَظِّمَا yuʕaẓẓimā		نُعَظِّمَ nuʕaẓẓima	تُعَظِّمُوا tuʕaẓẓimū	يُعَظِّمُوا yuʕaẓẓimū
	f		تُعَظِّمِي tuʕaẓẓimī	تُعَظِّمَ tuʕaẓẓima			تُعَظِّمَا tuʕaẓẓimā			تُعَظِّمْنَ tuʕaẓẓimna	يُعَظِّمْنَ yuʕaẓẓimna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُعَظِّمْ ʔuʕaẓẓim	تُعَظِّمْ tuʕaẓẓim	يُعَظِّمْ yuʕaẓẓim		تُعَظِّمَا tuʕaẓẓimā	يُعَظِّمَا yuʕaẓẓimā		نُعَظِّمْ nuʕaẓẓim	تُعَظِّمُوا tuʕaẓẓimū	يُعَظِّمُوا yuʕaẓẓimū
	f		تُعَظِّمِي tuʕaẓẓimī	تُعَظِّمْ tuʕaẓẓim			تُعَظِّمَا tuʕaẓẓimā			تُعَظِّمْنَ tuʕaẓẓimna	يُعَظِّمْنَ yuʕaẓẓimna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		عَظِّمْ ʕaẓẓim			عَظِّمَا ʕaẓẓimā				عَظِّمُوا ʕaẓẓimū
	f		عَظِّمِي ʕaẓẓimī							عَظِّمْنَ ʕaẓẓimna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	عُظِّمْتُ ʕuẓẓimtu	عُظِّمْتَ ʕuẓẓimta	عُظِّمَ ʕuẓẓima		عُظِّمْتُمَا ʕuẓẓimtumā	عُظِّمَا ʕuẓẓimā		عُظِّمْنَا ʕuẓẓimnā	عُظِّمْتُمْ ʕuẓẓimtum	عُظِّمُوا ʕuẓẓimū
	f		عُظِّمْتِ ʕuẓẓimti	عُظِّمَتْ ʕuẓẓimat			عُظِّمَتَا ʕuẓẓimatā			عُظِّمْتُنَّ ʕuẓẓimtunna	عُظِّمْنَ ʕuẓẓimna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُعَظَّمُ ʔuʕaẓẓamu	تُعَظَّمُ tuʕaẓẓamu	يُعَظَّمُ yuʕaẓẓamu		تُعَظَّمَانِ tuʕaẓẓamāni	يُعَظَّمَانِ yuʕaẓẓamāni		نُعَظَّمُ nuʕaẓẓamu	تُعَظَّمُونَ tuʕaẓẓamūna	يُعَظَّمُونَ yuʕaẓẓamūna
	f		تُعَظَّمِينَ tuʕaẓẓamīna	تُعَظَّمُ tuʕaẓẓamu			تُعَظَّمَانِ tuʕaẓẓamāni			تُعَظَّمْنَ tuʕaẓẓamna	يُعَظَّمْنَ yuʕaẓẓamna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُعَظَّمَ ʔuʕaẓẓama	تُعَظَّمَ tuʕaẓẓama	يُعَظَّمَ yuʕaẓẓama		تُعَظَّمَا tuʕaẓẓamā	يُعَظَّمَا yuʕaẓẓamā		نُعَظَّمَ nuʕaẓẓama	تُعَظَّمُوا tuʕaẓẓamū	يُعَظَّمُوا yuʕaẓẓamū
	f		تُعَظَّمِي tuʕaẓẓamī	تُعَظَّمَ tuʕaẓẓama			تُعَظَّمَا tuʕaẓẓamā			تُعَظَّمْنَ tuʕaẓẓamna	يُعَظَّمْنَ yuʕaẓẓamna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُعَظَّمْ ʔuʕaẓẓam	تُعَظَّمْ tuʕaẓẓam	يُعَظَّمْ yuʕaẓẓam		تُعَظَّمَا tuʕaẓẓamā	يُعَظَّمَا yuʕaẓẓamā		نُعَظَّمْ nuʕaẓẓam	تُعَظَّمُوا tuʕaẓẓamū	يُعَظَّمُوا yuʕaẓẓamū
	f		تُعَظَّمِي tuʕaẓẓamī	تُعَظَّمْ tuʕaẓẓam			تُعَظَّمَا tuʕaẓẓamā			تُعَظَّمْنَ tuʕaẓẓamna	يُعَظَّمْنَ yuʕaẓẓamna

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “عظم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “عظم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ع ظ م
1 term

Etymology 1

Inherited from Arabic عَظْم (ʕaẓm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.dˤim/, /ʕa.dˤum/

Noun

عَظِم or عَظُم • (ʕaḍim or ʕaḍum) m (construct state عَظْم (ʕaḍm), plural عظام (ʕiḍām))

2. bone

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Arabic عَظَّمَ (ʕaẓẓama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕazˤ.zˤam/, /ʕaðˤ.ðˤam/

Verb

عظم • (ʕaẓẓam) II (non-past يِعَظِّم (yiʕaẓẓim))

1. (transitive, causative) to make great

Conjugation

Conjugation of عظم

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	عظمت (ʕaẓẓamt)	عظمت (ʕaẓẓamt)	عظم (ʕaẓẓam)		عظمنا (ʕaẓẓamna)	عظمتوا (ʕaẓẓamtu)	عظموا (ʕaẓẓamu)
	f		عظمتي (ʕaẓẓamti)	عظمت (ʕaẓẓamat)
non-past	m	أعظم (ʔaʕaẓẓim)	تعظم (tiʕaẓẓim)	يعظم (yiʕaẓẓim)		نعظم (niʕaẓẓim)	تعظموا (tiʕaẓẓimu)	يعظموا (yiʕaẓẓimu)
	f		تعظمي (tiʕaẓẓimi)	تعظم (tiʕaẓẓim)
imperative	m		عظم (ʕaẓẓim)				عظموا (ʕaẓẓimu)
	f		عظمي (ʕaẓẓimi)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَظْم (ʕaẓm, “bone”), from Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯ̣m- (“bone”).

Noun

عظم • (ʼazm) (definite accusative عظمی (ʼazmı), plural عظام (ʼizâm))

1. bone, any of the components of an endoskeleton consisting of calcium phosphate and collagen

   Synonyms: استخوان (ustuhan), سوموك (sümük), كمیك (kemik)

Derived terms

• عظم زند (ʼazm-ı zend, “cubitus”)
• عظم عقب (ʼazm-ı ʼakab, “heel bone”)
• عظم قص (ʼazm-ı kass, “sternum”)
• عظم قفا (ʼazm-ı kafa, “occipital bone”)
• عظم كتف (ʼazm-ı kitf, “scapula, omoplate”)
• عظم كعب (ʼazm-ı kaʼb, “anklebone”)
• عظم لامی (ʼazm-ı lamî, “hyoid”)
• عظم مسطح (ʼazm-ı mistah, “flat bone”)
• عظمی (ʼazmî, “of bone, osseous”)

Descendants

• Turkish: azm

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “azm”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 405
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “azm”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ [Ottoman–Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 74
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “عظم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 852
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Os”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1255
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “عظم”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, column 3284
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “عظم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1307

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَظْم (ʕaẓm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈʔazm/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäzm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäzm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäzm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäzm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæzm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäzm]

• Rhymes: -azm

Readings
Classical reading?	'azm
Dari reading?	azm
Iranian reading?	'azm
Tajik reading?	'azm

Noun

Dari	عظم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	азм

عظم • (azm) (Tajik spelling азм)

1. bone

   Synonym: استخوان (ostoxân)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “عظم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عظم ('azm), from Arabic عَظْم (ʕaẓm).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)əzm/

Noun

عَظْم • ('azm) m (Hindi spelling अज़्म)

1. bone

References

• “عظم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “عظم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.