Saddam

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Arabic صَدَّام (ṣaddām).

Pronunciation

• (general) IPA^(key): /səˈdɑːm/, /səˈdæm/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsæd.əm/
• (US) enPR: sädʹəm, IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.dəm/

• Audio (Southern England); /ˈsæd.əm/:

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Proper noun

Saddam (countable and uncountable, plural Saddams)

1. A male given name from Arabic of Arabic usage.
   1. Saddam Hussein, the fifth president of Iraq (1979–2003).

Derived terms

• Chaddam
• Saddamism
• Saddamist

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: صَدَّام m (ṣaddām)
• Azerbaijani: Səddam
• Bengali: সাদ্দাম (śaddam)
• Bulgarian: Садда́м m (Saddám)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩達姆 / 萨达姆 (zh) (Sàdámǔ)

• Hindi: सद्दाम m (saddām)
• Japanese: サッダーム (Saddāmu)
• Korean: 사담 (ko) (Sadam)
• Persian: صدام (saddâm)
• Russian: Садда́м (ru) m (Saddám)
• Tajik: Саддом (Saddom)
• Tatar: Сәддам (Säddam)
• Turkish: Saddam (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: صدام (Saddam)

• Urdu: صدام m (saddām)

Saddam Hussein

• Arabic: صَدَّام حُسَيْن m (ṣaddām ḥusayn)
• Bulgarian: Садда́м Хюсе́ин m (Saddám Hjuséin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩達姆·侯賽因 / 萨达姆·侯赛因 (Sàdámǔ-Hóusàiyīn), 薩達姆海珊 / 萨达姆海珊

• Dutch: Saddam Hoessein
• Greek: Σαντάμ Χουσεΐν m (Santám Chouseḯn)
• Hebrew: סדאם חוסיין
• Hindi: सद्दाम हुसैन m (saddām husain)
• Japanese: サッダーム・フセイン (Saddāmu-Fusein)
• Korean: 사담 후세인 (Sadam Husein)
• Marathi: सद्दाम हुसेन m (saddām husen)
• Persian: صدام حسین (saddâm hoseyn)
• Russian: Садда́м Хусе́йн m (Saddám Xusɛ́jn)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: صدام حسین (Saddam Hüseyin)

• Urdu: صدام حسین m (saddām husain)

Further reading

• “Saddam”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Saddam Hussein”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.

Anagrams

• Addams

Italian

Etymology

Transliteration of Arabic صَدَّام (ṣaddām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sadˈdam/
• Rhymes: -am
• Hyphenation: Sad‧dàm

Proper noun

Saddam m

1. a transliteration of the Arabic male given name صَدَّام (ṣaddām)