هجوم

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Arabic

Root
ه ج م (h j m)
4 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hu.d͡ʒuːm/
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Noun

هُجُوم (hujūmm

  1. verbal noun of هَجَمَ (hajama) (form I)
  2. attack

Declension

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هُجُوم (hujūm).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? hujūm
Dari reading? hujūm
Iranian reading? hojum
Tajik reading? hujum

Noun

هجوم (hojum)

  1. invasion, attack
    Synonym: حمله (hamle)
    • c. 1100, Amīr Mu'izzī, “Qaṣīda 226”, in دیوان امیر معزی:
      تو به بغدادی و در روم از هجوم لشکرت
      هست قیصر مستمند و لشکر او سوگوار
      tu ba bağdād-ī u dar rūm az hujūm-i laškar-at
      hast qaysar mustmand u laškar-i ō sōgwār
      You are in Baghdad, and in Byzantium, due to your army's attack,
      The Emperor is in distress and his army is mournful.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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