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طمع

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Arabic

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Root
ط م ع (ṭ m ʕ)
1 term

Verb

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طَمِعَ (ṭamiʕa) I (non-past يَطْمَعُ (yaṭmaʕu), verbal noun طَمَع (ṭamaʕ))

  1. to hope for, to desire [with بِ (bi) or فِي () ‘something’]

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Swahili: -tumaini

Verb

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طَمُعَ (ṭamuʕa) I (non-past يَطْمُعُ (yaṭmuʕu), verbal noun طَمَاعَة (ṭamāʕa))

  1. to be desirous, to be avaricious

Conjugation

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Noun

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طَمَع (ṭamaʕm (plural أَطْمَاع (ʔaṭmāʕ))

  1. greed, covetousness
  2. ambition
  3. (in the plural) pay, wages
  4. day of payment
  5. anything coveted, desired, craved

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic طَمَع (ṭamaʕ).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? tama'
Dari reading? tama'
Iranian reading? tama'
Tajik reading? tamaʾ

Noun

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Dari طمع
Iranian Persian
Tajik тамаъ

طمع (tama')

  1. covetousness, desire
  2. greed, cupidity
  3. expectation, hope

References

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  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “طمع”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim