See also: جم, حم, and چم

Arabic

edit

Etymology 1

edit

Verb

edit

خَمَّ (ḵamma) I (non-past يَخِمُّ (yaḵimmu) or يَخُمُّ (yaḵummu), verbal noun خَمّ (ḵamm) or خُمُوم (ḵumūm))

  1. to become stinking, to get rotten, to acquire a foul smell
Conjugation
edit

Noun

edit

خَمّ (ḵammm

  1. verbal noun of خَمَّ (ḵamma) (form I)
Declension
edit

Etymology 2

edit

See ق م م (q-m-m) with this meaning.

Verb

edit

خَمَّ (ḵamma) I (non-past يَخُمُّ (yaḵummu), verbal noun خَمّ (ḵamm))

  1. to sweep, to scoop
Conjugation
edit

Noun

edit

خَمّ (ḵammm

  1. verbal noun of خَمَّ (ḵamma) (form I)
Declension
edit

Etymology 3

edit

From Persian خم (xom).

Noun

edit

خُمّ (ḵummm (plural أَخْمَام (ʔaḵmām))

  1. coop for domestic birds to be fattened, pen for poultry, brooding cage, henhouse, pigeon’s home and the like
Declension
edit

References

edit

Persian

edit

Etymology 1

edit

Presumably related چمیدن (čamidan, to twist, bend), چفته (čaftah, curved, bent; vaulted roof), from Proto-Iranian *čámpati ~ *kapánti (to bend), ultimately of unknown origin. Cognate with Parthian 𐫗𐫐𐫖𐫁𐫏𐫅 (nkmbyd /⁠rikambēd⁠/, to bend).

Adjective

edit

خم (xam)

  1. bent
  2. crooked
  3. curved

Noun

edit

خم (xam)

  1. bend
  2. curve

Etymology 2

edit

From Classical Persian خنب (xunb), خمب (xomb), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwmb'), 𐫟𐫇𐫖𐫁 (xwmb /⁠xumb⁠/, jug, pitcher).

Noun

edit

خم (xom)

  1. cask, vat, jug
  NODES
Note 1