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وهم

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Arabic

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Root
و ه م (w h m)
9 terms

Etymology 1.1

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    وَهَمَ (wahama) I (non-past يَهِمُ (yahimu), verbal noun وَهْم (wahm))

    1. to conjecture, to guess, to presume, to ween, to surmise, to fancy, to assume on ill grounds
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    Etymology 1.2

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    وَهِمَ (wahima) I (non-past يَوْهَمُ (yawhamu), verbal noun وَهَم (waham))

    1. to be in a state of fancy, to have illusions, to have exuberant imagination
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    وَهَّمَ (wahhama) II (non-past يُوَهِّمُ (yuwahhimu), verbal noun تَوْهِيم (tawhīm))

    1. to delude, to make believe
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    Etymology 1.4

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      Verbal noun of وَهَمَ (wahama).

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      وَهْم (wahmm (plural أَوْهَام (ʔawhām))

      1. verbal noun of وَهَمَ (wahama) (form I)
      2. imagination, fancy
      3. delusion
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      Derived terms
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      Descendants
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      • Azerbaijani: vəhm
      • Kazakh: уайым (uaiym)
      • Persian: وهم
      • Malay: waham
      • Ottoman Turkish: وهم (vehm)
      • Turkmen: wehim
      • Uzbek: vahm

      (via plural form أَوْهَام (ʔawhām))

      Etymology 1.5

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      وَهَم (wahamm

      1. verbal noun of وَهِمَ (wahima) (form I)
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      Persian

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from Arabic وَهْم (wahm).

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        Readings
        Classical reading? wahm
        Dari reading? wahm
        Iranian reading? vahm
        Tajik reading? vahm

        Noun

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        وهم (vahm) (plural اوهام (owhâm))

        1. hallucination
        2. delusion
        3. illusion, fantasy
        4. mirage; specter
        5. imagination
        6. fear
        7. anxiety