رقم

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Arabic

Root
ر ق م (r q m)
3 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raqm/
    • (Egyptian) IPA(key): /ra.ʔam/
    • (Gulf) IPA(key): /rə.qəm/
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /ra.ɡim/, /ra.ɡam/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /raqm/
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Noun

رَقْم (raqmm (plural أَرْقَام (ʔarqām))

  1. numeral, number, figure
  2. rate
  3. (sports) record
  4. (archaic) embroidery, variegation on a cloth; and the cloth itself
    Synonyms: وَشْي (wašy), فِرِنْد (firind)
  5. verbal noun of رَقَمَ (raqama) (form I)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Verb

رَقَمَ (raqama) I (non-past يَرْقُمُ (yarqumu), verbal noun رَقْم (raqm)) (archaic)

  1. to imprint, to mark, to dot
  2. to variegate, to figure, to decorate

Conjugation

Verb

رَقَّمَ (raqqama) II (non-past يُرَقِّمُ (yuraqqimu), verbal noun تَرْقِيم (tarqīm))

  1. to furnish with distinguishing marks, to add interpunction, diacritics or the like
  2. to furnish with numbers, to paginate, to catalogue and the like

Conjugation

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ر ق م
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic رَقْم (raqm).

Pronunciation

Noun

رقِم or رقَم (ragim or ragamm (construct state رَقْم (ragm), plural أَرْقام (ʔargām))

  1. numeral, number
  2. figure
  3. digit

Etymology 2

From Arabic رَقَّمَ (raqqama).

Pronunciation

Verb

رَقَّم (raggam) II (non-past يِرَقِّم (yiraggim))

  1. to furnish with numbers, to paginate, to catalogue and the like
  2. to give a number in a flirtatious manner
Conjugation
    Conjugation of رقم (raggam)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m رقمت (raggamt) رقمت (raggamt) رقم (raggam) رقمنا (raggamna) رقمتوا (raggamtu) رقموا (raggamu)
f رقمتي (raggamti) رقمت (raggamat)
non-past m أرقم (ʔaraggim) ترقم (tiraggim) يرقم (yiraggim) نرقم (niraggim) ترقموا (tiraggimu) يرقموا (yiraggimu)
f ترقمي (tiraggimi) ترقم (tiraggim)
imperative m رقم (raggim) رقموا (raggimu)
f رقمي (raggimi)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَقْم (raqm).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? raqam
Dari reading? raqam
Iranian reading? rağam
Tajik reading? raqam

Noun

رقم (raqam) (plural ارقام (arqâm) or رقم‌ها (raqam-hâ))

  1. character, letter
  2. digit, number, numeral
    آخرین رقمâxerin raqamthe last digit
    اگر این ارقام دقیق باشند []
    agar in arqâm daqiq bâšand
    If these numbers are precise
  3. kind, sort, type
    بهترین رقم بادامbehtarin raqam-e bâdâmbest type of almond
  4. (historical) edict

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “رقم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim