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
      • Malay: waham
      • 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