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Central Kurdish
Pronunciation
Noun
کرم (kirm, kirim)
- worm
Persian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Iranian *kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis (“worm”). Cognate with Sanskrit कृमि (kṛ́mi, “worm”), Proto-Slavic *čьrvь (“worm”), Lithuanian kirmìs (“worm”).
Noun
Dari
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کرم
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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кирм
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کرم • (kerm)
- worm
- (computing) worm
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From French crème.
Noun
کرم • (kerem or krem)
- cream (dairy product)
- lotion
Etymology 3
From Arabic كَرَم (karam).
Noun
Dari
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کرم
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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карам
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کرم • (karam)
- bounty
- generosity
- magnificence
Related terms
Proper noun
کرم • (karam)
- a male given name
Etymology 4
Dari
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کرم
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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карам
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Noun
کرم • (karam)
- Rare form of کلم (kalam).
Etymology 5
From Arabic كَرْم (karm).
Noun
Dari
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کرم
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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карм
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کرم • (karm)
- (rare) grape, vine
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian کَرَم (karam), from Arabic كَرَم.
Pronunciation
Noun
کَرَم • (karam) f (Hindi spelling करम)
- grace; generosity
- kindness
- (figuratively) honour; decency
- bravery
Declension
Declension of کرم
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singular
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plural
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direct
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کَرَم (karam)
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کَرَمیں (karamẽ)
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oblique
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کَرَم (karam)
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کَرَموں (karamõ)
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vocative
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کَرَم (karam)
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کَرَمو (karamo)
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Further reading
- “کرم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “کرم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کرم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John Thompson (1884) “کرم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “کرم”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “کرم”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC