جام

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See also: حام, خام, and چام

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جام (jâm).

Pronunciation

Noun

جَام (jāmm (plural جَامَات (jāmāt) or جُوم (jūm) or أَجْوَام (ʔajwām))

  1. cup, bowl
  2. tray, platter

Declension

References

  • Gacek, Adam (2008) The Arabic Manuscript Tradition: A Glossary of Technical Terms, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “جام”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

From Persian جام (jâm).

Noun

جام (jāmm

  1. glass, pane

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جام (jâm, glass, pane).

Noun

جام (cam)

  1. glass, an amorphous and often transparent substance
    Synonym: صرچه (sırça)
  2. cup, glass, beaker, stoop, a vessel made of glass
    Synonyms: بارداق (bardak), ساغراق (saġrak) (glass)
  3. piece of glass applied to any particular purpose, as a watchglass, etc.
  4. integrated sheet of glass such as a window-pane, window-sash or window-valve, a bull's-eye of glass in a vault or dome etc.

Adjective

جام (cam)

  1. of glass, glassy, vitreous
    Synonym: صرچه (sırça)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: cam
  • Albanian: xham
  • Armenian: ճամ (čam), ջամ (ǰam)
  • Aromanian: agiame, giame
  • Bulgarian: джам (džam)
  • Georgian: ჯამი (ǯami)
  • Greek: τζάμι (tzámi)
  • Macedonian: џам (džam)
  • Romanian: geam
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: џа̏м
    Latin script: džȁm

Further reading

Pashto

Etymology

From Persian جام (jâm).

Pronunciation

Noun

جام (jâmm

  1. cup, goblet

Declension

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Middle Persian (ǰām, glass). Related to Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬨𐬀 (yama, glass).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? jām
Dari reading? jām
Iranian reading? jâm
Tajik reading? jom

Noun

Dari جام
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷом

جام (jâm) (plural جام‌ها (jâm-hâ))

  1. cup
  2. glass, pane

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Hassuri, Ali (1983), “Two Middle Persian Words”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 133, pages 145–148
  1. ^ The Silk Road Encyclopedia. (n.d.). United States: Seoul Selection.
  2. ^ The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. (1910). United Kingdom: Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, p. 248

Urdu

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian جام (jām).

Noun

جام (jāmm (Hindi spelling जाम)

  1. goblet; wine cup
  2. (loosely) glass; drinking vessel

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu).

Noun

جام (jāmm (Hindi spelling जाम)

  1. rose apple
  2. guava
  3. night watch (for a period of three hours)
  4. son
Declension
Declension of جام
singular plural
direct جام (jām) جام (jām)
oblique جام (jām) جاموں (jāmō̃)
vocative جام (jām) جامو (jāmō)

References

  • جام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • جام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Pashto جام (jām).

Noun

جام (jām)

  1. stirrup