وام

Persian

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾpʾm /⁠abām⁠/, “loan, debt”), via Classical Persian آوام (āwām).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wɑːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔːm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔm]

Readings
Classical reading?	wām
Dari reading?	wām
Iranian reading?	vâm
Tajik reading?	vom

Noun

وام • (vâm)

1. loan

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “abām”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 1