طمع

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Arabic

Root
ط م ع (ṭ m ʕ)
1 term

Verb

طَمِعَ (ṭamiʕa) I (non-past يَطْمَعُ (yaṭmaʕu), verbal noun طَمَع (ṭamaʕ))

  1. to hope for, to desire

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Swahili: -tumaini

Verb

طَمُعَ (ṭamuʕa) I (non-past يَطْمُعُ (yaṭmuʕu), verbal noun طَمَاعَة (ṭamāʕa))

  1. to be desirous, to be avaricious

Conjugation

Noun

طَمَع (ṭamaʕm (plural أَطْمَاع (ʔaṭmāʕ))

  1. greed, covetousness
  2. ambition
  3. (in the plural) pay, wages
  4. day of payment
  5. anything coveted, desired, craved

Declension

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَمَع (ṭamaʕ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? tama'
Dari reading? tama'
Iranian reading? tama'
Tajik reading? tamaʾ

Noun

Dari طمع
Iranian Persian
Tajik тамаъ

طمع (tama')

  1. covetousness, desire
  2. greed, cupidity
  3. expectation, hope

References

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