دوام

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Arabic

Root
د و م (d w m)
10 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of دَامَ (dāma).

Pronunciation

Noun

دَوَام • (dawām) m

  1. verbal noun of دَامَ (dāma) (form I)
  2. endurance, continuation, persistence
  3. permanence
    دَوَامُ الْحَالِ مِنَ الْمُحَالِ. ― dawāmu al-ḥāli mina l-muḥāli. ― nothing stays the same forever
  4. working hours

Declension

Declension of noun دَوَام (dawām)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَوَام
dawām 		الدَّوَام
ad-dawām 		دَوَام
dawām
Nominative دَوَامٌ
dawāmun 		الدَّوَامُ
ad-dawāmu 		دَوَامُ
dawāmu
Accusative دَوَامًا
dawāman 		الدَّوَامَ
ad-dawāma 		دَوَامَ
dawāma
Genitive دَوَامٍ
dawāmin 		الدَّوَامِ
ad-dawāmi 		دَوَامِ
dawāmi

Descendants

References

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic دَوَام (dawām).

Pronunciation

Noun

دوام • (dawām) m

  1. work, occupation, or, less often, school.
    وين دوامچ؟
    wēn dawāmič?
    Where do you work?
  2. (archaic) permanent existence; immortality through time
    الدوام لله
    ad-dawām lillāh
    permanent existence is (only) for God

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَوَام (dawām).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? dawām
Dari reading? dawām
Iranian reading? davâm
Tajik reading? davom

Noun

دَوام • (davâm)

  1. durability; durableness
    خانه با دوام ― xâne bâ davâm ― durable house
  2. enduring; persisting; immortality through time
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 11”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎:
      هرگز نمیرد آن که دلش زنده شد به عشق
      ثبت است بر جریدهٔ عالم دوام ما
      hargiz na-mîrad ân ki dil-aš zinda šud ba išq
      sabt ast bar jarîda-yi âlam dawâm-i mâ
      He whose heart lives in love shall never die;
      On the world’s account-book, our immortality is registered.
      (romanization in Classical Persian)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
د و م
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic دَوَام (dawām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da.waːm/, ,
  • Audio (Amman):(file)

Noun

دوام • (dawām) m

  1. workday, work hours, office hours
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