وهم

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Arabic

Root
و ه م (w h m)
9 terms

Etymology 1.1

Pronunciation

Verb

وَهَمَ (wahama) I (non-past يَهِمُ (yahimu), verbal noun وَهْم (wahm))

  1. to conjecture, to guess, to presume, to ween, to surmise, to fancy, to assume on ill grounds
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Verb

وَهِمَ (wahima) I (non-past يَوْهَمُ (yawhamu), verbal noun وَهَم (waham))

  1. to be in a state of fancy, to have illusions, to have exuberant imagination
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Verb

وَهَّمَ (wahhama) II (non-past يُوَهِّمُ (yuwahhimu), verbal noun تَوْهِيم (tawhīm))

  1. to delude, to make believe
Conjugation

Etymology 1.4

Verbal noun of وَهَمَ (wahama).

Pronunciation

Noun

وَهْم (wahmm (plural أَوْهَام (ʔawhām))

  1. verbal noun of وَهَمَ (wahama) (form I)
  2. imagination, fancy
  3. delusion
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: vəhm
  • Kazakh: уайым (uaiym)
  • Persian: وهم
  • Ottoman Turkish: وهم (vehm)
  • Turkmen: wehim
  • Uzbek: vahm

(via plural form أَوْهَام (ʔawhām))

Etymology 1.5

Noun

وَهَم (wahamm

  1. verbal noun of وَهِمَ (wahima) (form I)
Declension

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَهْم (wahm).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? wahm
Dari reading? wahm
Iranian reading? vahm
Tajik reading? vahm

Noun

وهم (vahm) (plural اوهام (owhâm))

  1. hallucination
  2. delusion
  3. illusion, fantasy
  4. mirage; specter
  5. imagination
  6. fear
  7. anxiety