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Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic ꙗсти (jasti), from Proto-Slavic *ěsti.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -am

Verb

ям (jam) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (transitive) to eat, to consume
    Synonyms: храня се (hranja se), консумирам (konsumiram)
  2. (transitive) to cause someone to worry, to eat, to pester, to badger, to nag
    Какво те яде?
    Kakvo te jade?
    What's worrying you?

Conjugation

Erzya

Панго ям.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *jam, possibly inherited from Proto-Uralic *jamɜ (mash, soup (made of fish flour, blood, meat)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ям (jam)

  1. soup

Declension

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References

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Turkic, eventually Chinese or Mongolian. There is no scholarly consensus regarding the direction of borrowing. Generally, it is believed that Turkic jam and Chinese zhàn are loanwords from Mongolian ǰam, however, some (e.g. Tuymebayev in Казахско-монгольские лексические параллели) believe the directionality is reversed (i.e. Chinese "to stand > stand > station" → Middle Mongol → Turkic → Russian). Whatever the etymology, what is apparent is that the word jam has been around for a long time and was used by Central Asians to designate a key postal relay station or official. Compare Mongolian зам (zam).

Noun

ям (jamm inan (genitive я́ма, nominative plural я́мы, genitive plural я́мов, relational adjective ямско́й)

  1. (historical) mail staging post
Declension
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Etymology 2

Noun

ям (jamf inan pl

  1. genitive plural of я́ма (jáma)

Further reading

  • ям in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru