Rum

See also: rum, rúm, rùm, Rùm, rüm, and rum.

English

Proper noun

Rum

1. Alternative form of Rùm

Anagrams

• MRU, Mru, RMU, URM

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German

Etymology 1

From English Rum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rʊm/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: rum

Noun

Rum m (genitive Rums, no plural)

1. rum

Declension

Declension of Rum (uncountable)

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rum
genitive	eines	des	Rums
dative	einem	dem	Rum
accusative	einen	den	Rum

Descendants

• → Czech: rum
• → Hungarian: rum
• → Romanian: rom

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Rum n (genitive Rums)

1. A market town in Tyrol, Austria
2. A village in Vas County, Hungary

Etymology 3

From Ottoman Turkish روم‎ (rum).

Alternative forms

• Rūm, Rûm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːm/
• Homophone: Ruhm

Proper noun

Rum n (genitive Rums)

1. Anatolia, or the area of former Byzantium (from an oriental viewpoint assumed by an orientalist)

Declension

Declension of Rum (uncountable, proper noun)

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(das)	Rum
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Rums
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Rum
accusative	(ein)	(das)	Rum

Derived terms

• Rumtürkisch
• Sultanat Rum

Further reading

• “Rum” in Duden online
• “Rum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic روم‎ (rūm, “Byzantine Empire”), from Ancient Greek Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē, “Rome”), from Latin Rōma.

Proper noun

Rum

1. (archaic) Turkey

   Synonym: Uturuki

Derived terms

• Bahari ya Rum
• sultani Rum

 

Related terms

• rumi

 

References

• Rechenbach, Charles W. (1967) Swahili-English Dictionary, Washington, D. C.: The Catholic University of America Press, page 459

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish روم‎ (Rum), ultimately from Latin Rōma, probably through Arabic or Persian.

Proper noun

Rum

1. A Greek person living in Turkey (especially in Istanbul, Izmir, Thrace and Pontus)
2. Byzantine, a native of Byzantine Empire
3. (archaic) Anatolia

Declension

    declension of Rum

	singular	plural
nominative	Rum	Rumlar / Rum'lar
accusative	Rum'u	Rumları / Rum'ları
dative	Rum'a	Rumlara / Rum'lara
locative	Rum'da	Rumlarda / Rum'larda
ablative	Rum'dan	Rumlardan / Rum'lardan
genitive	Rum'un	Rumların / Rum'ların

    possessive of Rum

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Rum'um	Rumlarım / Rum'larım
senin (your)	Rum'un	Rumların / Rum'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Rum'u	Rumları / Rum'ları
bizim (our)	Rum'umuz	Rumlarımız / Rum'larımız
sizin (your)	Rum'unuz	Rumlarınız / Rum'larınız
onların (their)	Rum'u / Rumları / Rum'ları	Rumları / Rum'ları

Adjective

Rum (uncomparable)

1. relating to Greeks living in Turkey.

   eski Rum evleri

   the old Greek houses

Related terms

• Yunanca
• Yunanistan
• Rumca
• Yunan
• Yunanlı
• palikarya
• Yunanistanlı

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “Rum”, in Nişanyan Sözlük