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Persian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Iranian *wi- (“apart”) + *maiH- (“to harm, damage, fade, decrease”). The prefix is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wí, from Proto-Indo-European *wi (“apart, away”), and the latter component is from Proto-Indo-European *meyH- (“to lessen, diminish”), from *mey- (“small, little”).
Pronunciation
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gum
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| Dari reading?
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gum
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| Iranian reading?
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gom
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| Tajik reading?
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gum
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Adjective
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گم
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гум
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گم • (gom)
- lost, missing, invisible
Related terms
- گم کردن (gom kardan, “to lose”)
- گم شدن (gom šodan, “to become lost”)
References
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian گم (gum).
Pronunciation
Adjective
گُم • (gum) (Hindi spelling गुम)
- lost, missing
- absent, invisible
- distracted, wanting, wandering
References
- “گم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “گم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.