مهم

Arabic

Root
ه م م (h m m)
12 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of أَهَمَّ (ʔahamma, “to be important”), from the root ه م م (h m m); compare هَامّ (hāmm, “important”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.himm/

• Audio:

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Adjective

مُهِمّ • (muhimm) (feminine مُهِمَّة (muhimma), masculine plural مُهِمُّونَ (muhimmūna), feminine plural مُهِمَّات (muhimmāt))

1. important

Declension

Declension of adjective مُهِمّ (muhimm)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُهِمّ muhimm	الْمُهِمّ al-muhimm	مُهِمَّة muhimma	الْمُهِمَّة al-muhimma
nominative	مُهِمٌّ muhimmun	الْمُهِمُّ al-muhimmu	مُهِمَّةٌ muhimmatun	الْمُهِمَّةُ al-muhimmatu
accusative	مُهِمًّا muhimman	الْمُهِمَّ al-muhimma	مُهِمَّةً muhimmatan	الْمُهِمَّةَ al-muhimmata
genitive	مُهِمٍّ muhimmin	الْمُهِمِّ al-muhimmi	مُهِمَّةٍ muhimmatin	الْمُهِمَّةِ al-muhimmati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُهِمَّيْن muhimmayn	الْمُهِمَّيْن al-muhimmayn	مُهِمَّتَيْن muhimmatayn	الْمُهِمَّتَيْن al-muhimmatayn
nominative	مُهِمَّانِ muhimmāni	الْمُهِمَّانِ al-muhimmāni	مُهِمَّتَانِ muhimmatāni	الْمُهِمَّتَانِ al-muhimmatāni
accusative	مُهِمَّيْنِ muhimmayni	الْمُهِمَّيْنِ al-muhimmayni	مُهِمَّتَيْنِ muhimmatayni	الْمُهِمَّتَيْنِ al-muhimmatayni
genitive	مُهِمَّيْنِ muhimmayni	الْمُهِمَّيْنِ al-muhimmayni	مُهِمَّتَيْنِ muhimmatayni	الْمُهِمَّتَيْنِ al-muhimmatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُهِمِّين muhimmīn	الْمُهِمِّين al-muhimmīn	مُهِمَّات muhimmāt	الْمُهِمَّات al-muhimmāt
nominative	مُهِمُّونَ muhimmūna	الْمُهِمُّونَ al-muhimmūna	مُهِمَّاتٌ muhimmātun	الْمُهِمَّاتُ al-muhimmātu
accusative	مُهِمِّينَ muhimmīna	الْمُهِمِّينَ al-muhimmīna	مُهِمَّاتٍ muhimmātin	الْمُهِمَّاتِ al-muhimmāti
genitive	مُهِمِّينَ muhimmīna	الْمُهِمِّينَ al-muhimmīna	مُهِمَّاتٍ muhimmātin	الْمُهِمَّاتِ al-muhimmāti

Descendants

• → Persian: مهم (mohemm)
  • → Azerbaijani: mühüm
  • → Bashkir: мөһим (möhim, “important”)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: मुहिम (muhim)

    Urdu: مہم (muhim)

  • → Marathi: मोहीम (mohīm)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਹਿੰਮ (muhimm)

    Shahmukhi script: مُہم (muhm)

  • → Tatar: мөһим (möhim)
• → Swahili: muhimu
• → Ottoman Turkish: مهم (mühim)
  • Turkish: mühim
• → Turkmen: möhüm
• → Uyghur: مۇھىم (muhim)
• → Uzbek: muhim

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مُهِمّ (muhimm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mohem/

Adjective

مهم • (mohimm)

1. interesting
2. important

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُهِمّ (muhimm).

Adjective

مهم • (mühim)

1. important
2. urgent

Descendants

• Turkish: mühim

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “mühim”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُهِمّ (muhimm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.himm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ɦɪm(ː)]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ɦɪm(ː)]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.jɪm(ː)]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.jim(ː)]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ɦem(ː)]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ɦim(ː)]

Readings
Classical reading?	muhimm
Dari reading?	mohimm
Iranian reading?	mohemm
Tajik reading?	muhimm

Noun

Dari	مهم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	муҳим

مُهِمّ • (mohemm)

1. important task, important affair
   • 12th century, Ibn al-Balkhi, the Fārsnāma:

     و این مهم که من پیش می‌گیرم لشکرها را با خویشتن نخواهم بردن جز اندکی.

     wa īn muhimm ki man pēš mē-gīram laškar-hā rā bā xwēštan naxwāham burdan juz andakē.

     And [in] this important affair that I am engaging in, I will not take armies with me, save a few [men].

Adjective

Dari	مهم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	муҳим

مهم • (mohemm) (comparative مهم‌تَر, superlative مهم‌تَرین)

1. important

Related terms

• اهمیت (ahammiyyat, “importance”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mühüm
• → Bashkir: мөһим (möhim, “important”)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मुहिम (muhim)

  Urdu: مہم (muhim)

• → Marathi: मोहीम (mohīm)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਹਿੰਮ (muhimm)

  Shahmukhi script: مُہم (muhm)

• → Tatar: мөһим (möhim)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ه م م
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مُهِمّ (muhimm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.himm/, [muˈhɪm]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Adjective

مهمّ • (muhemm) (feminine مهمّة (muhimme), common plural مهمّين (muhimmīn), elative أهمّ (ʔahamm))

1. important

Derived terms

• المهمّ (il-muhemm, “anyway”)