طاقم

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طاقم (takım, “group, crew, set”). Variant: طَقْم (ṭaqm, “arranged set, suit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaː.qam/, /tˤaː.qim/

Noun

طَاقَم or طَاقِم • (ṭāqam or ṭāqim) m (plural طَوَاقِم (ṭawāqim))

1. staff, crew, team, personnel (human resources working together occupying a facility)

Declension

Declension of noun طَاقَم (ṭāqam)‎; طَاقِم (ṭāqim)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَاقَم‎; طَاقِم ṭāqam‎; ṭāqim	الطَّاقَم‎; الطَّاقِم aṭ-ṭāqam‎; aṭ-ṭāqim	طَاقَم‎; طَاقِم ṭāqam‎; ṭāqim
Nominative	طَاقَمٌ‎; طَاقِمٌ ṭāqamun‎; ṭāqimun	الطَّاقَمُ‎; الطَّاقِمُ aṭ-ṭāqamu‎; aṭ-ṭāqimu	طَاقَمُ‎; طَاقِمُ ṭāqamu‎; ṭāqimu
Accusative	طَاقَمًا‎; طَاقِمًا ṭāqaman‎; ṭāqiman	الطَّاقَمَ‎; الطَّاقِمَ aṭ-ṭāqama‎; aṭ-ṭāqima	طَاقَمَ‎; طَاقِمَ ṭāqama‎; ṭāqima
Genitive	طَاقَمٍ‎; طَاقِمٍ ṭāqamin‎; ṭāqimin	الطَّاقَمِ‎; الطَّاقِمِ aṭ-ṭāqami‎; aṭ-ṭāqimi	طَاقَمِ‎; طَاقِمِ ṭāqami‎; ṭāqimi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَاقَمَيْن‎; طَاقِمَيْن ṭāqamayn‎; ṭāqimayn	الطَّاقَمَيْن‎; الطَّاقِمَيْن aṭ-ṭāqamayn‎; aṭ-ṭāqimayn	طَاقَمَيْ‎; طَاقِمَيْ ṭāqamay‎; ṭāqimay
Nominative	طَاقَمَانِ‎; طَاقِمَانِ ṭāqamāni‎; ṭāqimāni	الطَّاقَمَانِ‎; الطَّاقِمَانِ aṭ-ṭāqamāni‎; aṭ-ṭāqimāni	طَاقَمَا‎; طَاقِمَا ṭāqamā‎; ṭāqimā
Accusative	طَاقَمَيْنِ‎; طَاقِمَيْنِ ṭāqamayni‎; ṭāqimayni	الطَّاقَمَيْنِ‎; الطَّاقِمَيْنِ aṭ-ṭāqamayni‎; aṭ-ṭāqimayni	طَاقَمَيْ‎; طَاقِمَيْ ṭāqamay‎; ṭāqimay
Genitive	طَاقَمَيْنِ‎; طَاقِمَيْنِ ṭāqamayni‎; ṭāqimayni	الطَّاقَمَيْنِ‎; الطَّاقِمَيْنِ aṭ-ṭāqamayni‎; aṭ-ṭāqimayni	طَاقَمَيْ‎; طَاقِمَيْ ṭāqamay‎; ṭāqimay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَوَاقِم ṭawāqim	الطَّوَاقِم aṭ-ṭawāqim	طَوَاقِم ṭawāqim
Nominative	طَوَاقِمُ ṭawāqimu	الطَّوَاقِمُ aṭ-ṭawāqimu	طَوَاقِمُ ṭawāqimu
Accusative	طَوَاقِمَ ṭawāqima	الطَّوَاقِمَ aṭ-ṭawāqima	طَوَاقِمَ ṭawāqima
Genitive	طَوَاقِمَ ṭawāqima	الطَّوَاقِمِ aṭ-ṭawāqimi	طَوَاقِمِ ṭawāqimi

References

• Procházka, Stephan (2009) “Turkish Loanwords”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 592

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• طاقیم (takım)

Etymology

طاقمق (takmak, “to attach”) +‎ ـم (-ım).

Noun

طاقم • (takım)

1. group, crew, set, arranged set, suit

Descendants

• Turkish: takım
• → Arabic: طَاقِم (ṭāqim), طَاقَم (ṭāqam, “staff, crew”): طَقْم (ṭaqm, “arranged set, suit”)
• → Armenian: թախըմ (tʻaxəm)
• Kurdish:

  → Northern Kurdish: taqim, taxim

  → Central Kurdish: تاقم (taqim)

• → Romanian: tacâm

See also

Suits in Ottoman Turkish · طاقیم (takım) (layout · text)
قوپه (kupa)	اوریا (orya)	ماچه (maça), كورك (kürek)	اسپاتی (ispati), سیڭك (siñek)

References

• Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “طاقم”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 591