تهم

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

تهم (form I)

1. تَهُمُّ (tahummu) /ta.hum.mu/: inflection of هَمَّ (hamma):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
2. تُهَمُّ (tuhammu) /tu.ham.mu/: inflection of هَمَّ (hamma):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
3. تَهُمَّ (tahumma) /ta.hum.ma/: inflection of هَمَّ (hamma):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
4. تُهَمَّ (tuhamma) /tu.ham.ma/: inflection of هَمَّ (hamma):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive
5. تَهُمِّ (tahummi) /ta.hum.mi/: inflection of هَمَّ (hamma):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
6. تُهَمِّ (tuhammi) /tu.ham.mi/: inflection of هَمَّ (hamma):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

Etymology 2

Verb

تهم (form IV)

1. تُهِمُّ (tuhimmu) /tu.him.mu/: inflection of أَهَمَّ (ʔahamma):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
2. تُهَمُّ (tuhammu) /tu.ham.mu/: inflection of أَهَمَّ (ʔahamma):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
3. تُهِمَّ (tuhimma) /tu.him.ma/: inflection of أَهَمَّ (ʔahamma):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
4. تُهَمَّ (tuhamma) /tu.ham.ma/: inflection of أَهَمَّ (ʔahamma):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive
5. تُهِمِّ (tuhimmi) /tu.him.mi/: inflection of أَهَمَّ (ʔahamma):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
6. تُهَمِّ (tuhammi) /tu.ham.mi/: inflection of أَهَمَّ (ʔahamma):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

Persian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬑𐬨𐬀 (taxma, “strong, valiant, mighty”) through Middle Persian.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.ˈham]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɦǽm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɦǽm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑːǽm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔːǽm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.ɦǽm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɦǽm]

Readings
Classical reading?	taham
Dari reading?	taham
Iranian reading?	taham
Tajik reading?	taham

Adjective

تهم • (taham)

1. (obsolete) valiant, mighty, heroic
   • 1010, Ferdowsi, شاهنامه [Shahnameh]:

     یکی آفرین کرد سام دلیر
     که تهما هژبرا بزی شاد دیر

     yakē āfarīn kard sām-i dalēr
     ki taham-ā hižabr-ā bizīy šād dēr

     The brave Sām called out a saying of praise:
     "O mighty one, o lion! Live happy and long!"

     (romanization in Classical Persian)

Derived terms

• تهمتن (tahamtan)