Ajam

See also: ajam

English

Alternative forms

• 'Ajam

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَجَم (ʕajam, “non-Arabs; Persians”), or via Persian عجم ('ajam). Doublet of Ayam.

Proper noun

Ajam

1. (historical) A non-Arab.
   • 2015, Richard Francis Burton, John Payne, Andrew Lang, One Thousand and One Nights - Complete Arabian Nights Collection (Delphi Classics), page 305:

     I am Rustam, champion-in-chief of the Arabs and Ajams.

2. (historical) A Persian.
3. (historical) Persia, land of the Iranian peoples.
   • 2011, Muzaffar Alam, Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Writing the Mughal World, page 43:

     ... Sultan Selim sent out a letter to Sultan Muzaar Shah, with an account of his victories in 'Arab, 'Ajam, Egypt, Syria and Aleppo.

4. (music) The name of a maqam.
5. Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian origin.

   Synonym: Ayam

Related terms

• Iraq al-Ajam, Iraq-i Ajam
• Ajami

Translations

non-Arab

• Arabic: أَعْجَمِيّ (ar) m (ʔaʕjamiyy)
• Azerbaijani: əcəm
• Bengali: আজম (bn) (ajom)
• Hindi: अजम (hi) m (ajam), अजमी (hi) m (ajmī)
• Turkish: Acem (tr)
• Uyghur: ئەجەم (ejem)
• Uzbek: ajam (uz)

Persian

• Arabic: أَعْجَمِيّ (ar) m (ʔaʕjamiyy)
• Azerbaijani: əcəm
• Hindi: अजमी (hi) m (ajmī), अजम (hi) m (ajam)
• Swahili: Mwajemi
• Turkish: Acem (tr)
• Uyghur: ئەجەم (ejem)
• Uzbek: ajam (uz)

Persia

• Azerbaijani: Əcəm
• Turkish: Acem (tr)
• Uyghur: ئەجەمىستان (ejemistan)

Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian origin

• Arabic: عَيَم m (ʕayam)

  Gulf Arabic: عَيَم m (ʕayam)

Further reading

• Ajam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 'Ajam of Kuwait on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• JAMA, Jama