ازدحام

Arabic

Root
ز ح م (z ḥ m)
5 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِزْدَحَمَ (izdaḥama, “to crowd together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iz.di.ħaːm/
• Rhymes: -aːm

Noun

اِزْدِحَام • (izdiḥām) m

1. verbal noun of اِزْدَحَمَ (izdaḥama, “to crowd together”) (form VIII)
2. crowd, rush, jam
3. overcrowdedness

Declension

Declension of noun اِزْدِحَام (izdiḥām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِزْدِحَام izdiḥām	الِازْدِحَام al-izdiḥām	اِزْدِحَام izdiḥām
Nominative	اِزْدِحَامٌ izdiḥāmun	الِازْدِحَامُ al-izdiḥāmu	اِزْدِحَامُ izdiḥāmu
Accusative	اِزْدِحَامًا izdiḥāman	الِازْدِحَامَ al-izdiḥāma	اِزْدِحَامَ izdiḥāma
Genitive	اِزْدِحَامٍ izdiḥāmin	الِازْدِحَامِ al-izdiḥāmi	اِزْدِحَامِ izdiḥāmi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: izdiham
• → Persian: ازدحام (ezdehâm)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ازدحام (izdihâm)
  • → Turkish: izdiham

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِزْدِحَام (izdiḥām).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔiz.di.ˈhɑːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪz.d̪e̞.ɦɑ́ːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪz.d̪e̞.ɦɑ́ːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪz.d̪i.jɑ́ːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔiz.d̪i.jɔ́ːm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔez.d̪e.ɦɒ́ːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiz.d̪i.ɦɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading?	izdihām
Dari reading?	izdehām
Iranian reading?	ezdehâm
Tajik reading?	izdihom

Noun

ازدحام • (ezdehâm)

1. crowd, rush, throng, swarm

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ازدحام”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ازدحام”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press