اسم

See also: آسم, أسم, and أشم

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *šim-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ism/
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Noun

اِسْم • (ism) m (plural أَسْمَاء (ʔasmāʔ) or أَسَامٍ (ʔasāmin))

1. name

   مَا اسْمُكَ؟ ― mā smuka ― What is your name?

   بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ― bi-smi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi ― in the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate

   بِسْمِ الْأَبِ وَالْاِبْنِ وَالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ ― bi-smi l-ʾabi wа-l-ibni wа-r-rūḥi l-qudusi ― in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost

1. appellation
2. reputation, prestige
3. (grammar) noun

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْم (ism)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْم ism	الِاسْم al-ism	اِسْم ism
Nominative	اِسْمٌ ismun	الِاسْمُ al-ismu	اِسْمُ ismu
Accusative	اِسْمًا isman	الِاسْمَ al-isma	اِسْمَ isma
Genitive	اِسْمٍ ismin	الِاسْمِ al-ismi	اِسْمِ ismi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْمَيْن ismayn	الِاسْمَيْن al-ismayn	اِسْمَيْ ismay
Nominative	اِسْمَانِ ismāni	الِاسْمَانِ al-ismāni	اِسْمَا ismā
Accusative	اِسْمَيْنِ ismayni	الِاسْمَيْنِ al-ismayni	اِسْمَيْ ismay
Genitive	اِسْمَيْنِ ismayni	الِاسْمَيْنِ al-ismayni	اِسْمَيْ ismay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَسْمَاء‎; أَسَامِي ʔasmāʔ‎; ʔasāmī	الْأَسْمَاء‎; الْأَسَامِي al-ʔasmāʔ‎; al-ʔasāmī	أَسْمَاء‎; أَسَامِي ʔasmāʔ‎; ʔasāmī
Nominative	أَسْمَاءٌ‎; أَسَامٍ ʔasmāʔun‎; ʔasāmin	الْأَسْمَاءُ‎; الْأَسَامِي al-ʔasmāʔu‎; al-ʔasāmī	أَسْمَاءُ‎; أَسَامِي ʔasmāʔu‎; ʔasāmī
Accusative	أَسْمَاءً‎; أَسَامِيَ ʔasmāʔan‎; ʔasāmiya	الْأَسْمَاءَ‎; الْأَسَامِيَ al-ʔasmāʔa‎; al-ʔasāmiya	أَسْمَاءَ‎; أَسَامِيَ ʔasmāʔa‎; ʔasāmiya
Genitive	أَسْمَاءٍ‎; أَسَامٍ ʔasmāʔin‎; ʔasāmin	الْأَسْمَاءِ‎; الْأَسَامِي al-ʔasmāʔi‎; al-ʔasāmī	أَسْمَاءِ‎; أَسَامِي ʔasmāʔi‎; ʔasāmī

Derived terms

• اِسْمُ فَاعِل (ismu fāʕil)
• اِسْمُ تَفْضِيلٍ (ismu tafḍīlin)
• اِسْمُ مَفْعُولٍ (ismu mafʕūlin)

Related terms

• اِسْمِيّ (ismiyy, “nominal, titular”)
• سَمَّى (sammā)
• أَسْمَى (ʔasmā)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: ایسیم, isim (or via Persian)
• Bashkir: исем (isem)
• Persian: اسم (esm)
  • Tajik: исм (ism)
    • Uzbek: ism
  • Ottoman Turkish:
    • Turkish: isim
• Uygur: ئىسىم (isim) (or via Persian)
• Malay: اسم, isim

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /us.mu/

Verb

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) second-person masculine singular active imperative of سَمَا (samā)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “سم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Azerbaijani

Noun

اسم (isim)

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative spelling of ایسیم

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْم (ism)

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /isim/, [e̞se̞m]

Noun

اِسِم • (isim) m (plural أسماء ‎(ʼasmāʼ))

1. name

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Malay

Alternative forms

• isim

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْم (ism), from Proto-Semitic *šim-.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /isem/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /isɪm/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -isem, -sem, -em

Noun

اسم (Rumi spelling isim)

1. name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing)

Synonyms

• nama / نام

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian اسم (esm), from Arabic اِسْم (ism), from Proto-Semitic *šim-.

Noun

اسم • (ism, isim)

1. name
2. (grammar) noun

Synonyms

• آد (ad)

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْم (ism), from Proto-Semitic *šim-.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [ʔesm]
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /esm/ (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

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Noun

Dari	اسم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	исм

اسم • (esm) (plural اسم‌ها (esm-hâ) or اسامی (asâmi))

1. name
2. appellation
3. (grammar) noun

Hyponyms

• (grammar): اسم خاص

See also

• نام (nâm)

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Tunisian Arabic

Noun

اِسْمْ (ʾism) m

1. name

   شِسْمِكْ ؟

   šismik

   What's your name?

2. noun
3. title

   مَا خْتَارِشْ اِسْمْ بَاهِي لِكْتَابُو

   mā ḫtāriš ʾism bāhī liktābū

   He didn't choose a good title for his book

4. first name

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Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Sanskrit [Term?].

Adjective

اسم • (asam) (Hindi spelling असम)

1. unequal
2. uneven
3. dissimilar
4. unusual

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Arabic اِسْم (ism), from Proto-Semitic *šim-.

Noun

اسم • (ism) m (Hindi spelling इस्म)

1. name, appellation
2. (grammar) noun, substantive

Synonyms

• نام (nām)