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خم

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See also: جم, حم, and چم

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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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
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Noun

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خَمّ (ḵammm

  1. verbal noun of خَمَّ (ḵamma) (form I)
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Etymology 2

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See ق م م (q-m-m) with this meaning.

Verb

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

  1. to sweep, to scoop
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Noun

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خَمّ (ḵammm

  1. verbal noun of خَمَّ (ḵamma) (form I)
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Etymology 3

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From Persian خم (xom).

Noun

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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
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Persian

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Etymology 1

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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

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خم (xam)

  1. bent
  2. crooked
  3. curved

Noun

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خم (xam)

  1. bend
  2. curve

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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خم (xom)

  1. cask, vat, jug