كرم

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See also: کرم and گرم

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ك ر م (k-r-m).

Verb

كَرُمَ (karuma) I, non-past يَكْرُمُ‎ (yakrumu)

  1. to be or become noble
  2. to be or become generous
  3. to be or become precious
Conjugation

Verb

كَرَّمَ (karrama) II, non-past يُكَرِّمُ‎ (yukarrimu)

  1. to call (someone) noble
  2. to honor, to venerate
  3. to exalt
Conjugation

Noun

كَرَم (karamm

  1. verbal noun of كَرُمَ (karuma) (form I)
  2. nobleness, kindness
  3. generosity
    • 2018 July 6, “رئيس الجمهورية يزور مدينة “عرتا” الجيبوتية [The President of the Republic visits the town of ʿartā of Djibouti]”, in وكالة الأنباء الوطنية الصومالية (Somali National News Agency)[1]:
      لمدينة عرتا لها ذاكرة في قلوب الصوماليين، حيث إحتضنت نقبة كبيرة من المجتمع الصومالي، وأنها أصبحت رمزا للكرم والسخاء.
      li-madīnati ʕartā la-hā ḏākiratun fī qulūbi ṣ-ṣūmāliyyīna, ḥayṯu ḥtaḍanat naqbatan kabīratan mina l-mujtamaʕi ṣ-ṣūmāliyyi, wa-ʔanna-hā ʔaṣbaḥat ramzan li-l-karami wa-s-saḵāʔi.
      The town of ʿartā is of avid memory with the Somalis in that it embraced a large swathe of Somali society and became a symbol of openhandedness and generosity.
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: kərəm
  • Ottoman Turkish: كرم (kerem)
كَرْم

Etymology 2

Compare Ugaritic 𐎋𐎗𐎎 (krm, vineyard), Aramaic כַּרְמָא (karmā, vineyard), Hebrew כֶּרֶם (kérem, vineyard), Akkadian 𒃾 (GEŠTIN /⁠karānu⁠/, wine, vine, grapes), and the possible etymon Egyptian kꜣm.

Noun

كَرْم (karmm (collective, singulative كَرْمَة f (karma), plural كُرُوم (kurūm))

  1. vineyard, vines
Declension
Descendants

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “كرم”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 459–460
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كرم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[3] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 28–29
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “كرم”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[4] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 888–890
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “كرم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 962–963

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic كَرَم (karam).

Noun

كرم (kerem)

  1. kindness
  2. grace

Descendants

Proper noun

كرم (Kerem)

  1. a male given name from Arabic: Kerem