سقوم

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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سَقُوم (saqūmm (collective)

  1. Algeria form of سَوْقَم (sawqam, sycomore)
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Etymology 2

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From Classical Syriac ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡܵܐ (sēqōmā), from Ancient Greek σήκωμᾰ (sḗkōma).

Noun

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سَقُوم (saqūmm (collective)

  1. (obsolete, Syria, Yemen) a literal counterbalance, counterpoise, standard weight
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References

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  • Toll, Christopher (1969) “Einige metrologische und metallurgische Termini im Arabischen”, in Orientalia Suecana[2] (in German), volume 18, pages 149–151, with three quotes