رام

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Arabic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Root
ر و م (r w m)
3 terms

From Proto-Semitic *rawam-, related to *rayam-.

Verb

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رَامَ (rāma) I (non-past يَرُومُ (yarūmu), verbal noun رَوْم (rawm) or مَرَام (marām))

  1. (transitive) to aspire to, to aim at, to envisage, to propose to oneself, to desire ardently [with accusative]
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Etymology 2

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Root
ر ي م (r y m)
2 terms

From Proto-Semitic *rayam-, related to *rawam-.

Verb

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رَامَ (rāma) I (non-past يَرِيمُ (yarīmu), verbal noun رَيْم (raym) or رَيَمَان (rayamān))

  1. to depart from, to separate oneself from [with accusative]
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Etymology 3

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رَامٍ

Derived from the active participle of رَمَى (ramā).

Noun

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رَامٍ (rāminm (construct state رَامِي (rāmī), plural رَامُونَ (rāmūna) or رُمَاة (rumāh))

  1. who shoots or throws, marksman, archer, etc.
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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “رام”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 213
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “رام”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 218
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “رام”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[3] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 957
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “رام”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[4] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 964
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “رام”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[5], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1193
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “رام”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[6], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1203
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “رام”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[7] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 512
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “رام”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[8] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 516

Persian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? rām
Dari reading? rām
Iranian reading? râm
Tajik reading? rom

Adjective

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رام (râm)

  1. lame
  2. meek
  3. docile

Derived terms

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit राम (rāma).

Proper noun

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رام (rāmm (Gurmukhi spelling ਰਾਮ)

  1. (Hinduism) Rama
  2. (Sikhism) all pervading God
    Synonyms: واہےگُرو (wāhegurū), ربّ (rab)

Urdu

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit राम (rāma). Cognate to Bengali রাম (ram), Punjabi رام (rām)/ਰਾਮ (rām), Marathi राम (rām), Nepali राम (rām).

Pronunciation

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(Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾɑːm/

Proper noun

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رام (rāmm (Hindi spelling राम)

  1. (Hinduism) Rama
    1. (Hinduism) God
      رام جانےrām jāneGod knows
  2. a male given name, Ram, from Sanskrit, of Hindu usage

Derived terms

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References

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  • Platts, John T. (1884) “رام”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • رام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.