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غم

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See also: عم

Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
غ م م (ḡ m m)
12 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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غَمَّ (ḡamma) I (non-past يَغُمُّ (yaḡummu), verbal noun غَمّ (ḡamm))

  1. to cover, to veil, to shroud
  2. (passive voice) to be obscure, to be unapparent
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 13:6:
      فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْدِرُوا ثَلَاثِينَ
      faʔin ḡumma ʕalaykum fāqdirū ṯalāṯīna
      If [the sky] is masked for you [by clouds], then calculate thirty days [for the month of Ramaḍān.
  3. to fill with grief, to grief, to chagrin
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Etymology 1.2

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    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    غَمّ (ḡammm (plural غُمُوم (ḡumūm))

    1. grief, sorrow, chagrin
      • 7th century CE, Jamīʿ at-Tirmiḏiyy, section 37:
        وَتَدْنُو الشَّمْسُ، فَيَبْلُغُ النَّاسَ مِنَ الْغَمِّ وَالْكَرْبِ مَا لَا يُطِيقُونَ وَلَا يَحْتَمِلُونَ
        wa-tadnū š-šamsu, fa-yabluḡu n-nāsa mina al-ḡammi wa-l-karbi mā lā yuṭīqūna wa-lā yaḥtamilūna
        The sun will come so close to the people that they will suffer such distress and trouble as they will not be able to bear or stand.
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    Descendants
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    • Azerbaijani: qəm
    • Catalan: gamar-se
    • Pashto: غَم (ǧam)
    • Classical Persian: غَم (ğam)
    • Northern Kurdish: xem
    • Swahili: ghamu
    • Tatar: гамь (ğam’), ğäm
    • Turkmen: gam
    • Uyghur: غەم (ghem)
    • Uzbek: gʻam

    References

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    • Freytag, Georg (1835) “غم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 292–293
    • Lane, Edward William (1863) “غم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2289
    • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “غم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 926

    Pashto

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    Etymology

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    From Arabic غَمّ (ḡamm).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    غم (ǧamm

    1. grief, sorrow

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    Persian

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    Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Arabic غَمّ (ḡamm), from غ م م (ḡ m m).

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      Readings
      Classical reading? ğam
      Dari reading? ğam
      Iranian reading? ğam
      Tajik reading? ġam

      Noun

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      غم (ğam)

      1. grief, sorrow
        Synonym: گرم (gorm)

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      Punjabi

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from Classical Persian غَم (ğam), borrowed from Arabic غَمّ (ḡamm), from غ م م (ḡ m m).

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        Noun

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        غَم (ġamm (Gurmukhi spelling ਗ਼ਮ)

        1. sorrow; sadness; grief
        2. mourning
        3. worry (ie. distress)
        4. depression
        5. melancholy

        Declension

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        Declension of غم
        dir. sg. غَم (ġam)
        dir. pl. غَم (ġam)
        singular plural
        direct غَم (ġam) غَم (ġam)
        oblique غَم (ġam) غَماں (ġamāṉ)
        vocative غَما (ġamā) غَمو (ġamo)
        ablative غَموں (ġamoṉ) غَماں (ġamāṉ)
        locative غَمے (ġame) غَمِیں (ġamīṉ)
        instrumental غَموں (ġamoṉ)

        Further reading

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        • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “غم”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
        • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “غم”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
        • ਗ਼ਮ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

        Urdu

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        Etymology

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          Borrowed from Classical Persian غَم (ğam), borrowed from Arabic غَمّ (ḡamm), from غ م م (ḡ m m).[1] First attested in c. 1503 as Middle Hindi غم (ġm /⁠ġam⁠/).[2]

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          Noun

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          غَم (ġamm (formal plural غُمُوم (ġumūm), Hindi spelling ग़म)

          1. sorrow; sadness
            Synonym: دُکھ (dukh)
          2. mourning
            اُس کی موت پر گہرا غم منایا گیا۔
            uskī maut par gahrā ġam manāyā gayā.
            His death was deeply mourned.
          3. worry; distress
          4. depression
          5. (obsolete) concern

          Declension

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              Declension of غم
          singular plural
          direct غَم (ġam) غَم (ġam)
          oblique غَم (ġam) غَموں (ġamõ)
          vocative غَم (ġam) غَمو (ġamo)

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          References

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          1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “غم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
          2. ^ غم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

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