اسم

From Proto-Semitic *šim-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *sim- (“name”). Leveled in Arabic to the roots و س م (w-s-m) and س م و (s-m-w).

Cognate with Hebrew שם (shém).

• IPA^(key): /ism/

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  • (Gulf) IPA^(key): /i.sim/

اِسْم • (ism) m (plural أَسْمَاء (ʔasmāʔ) or أَسَامٍ (ʔasāmin))

1. name

   مَا ٱسْمُكَ؟ ― mā smuka? ― What is your name?

   بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ― bismi allāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi ― in the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate

   بِسْمِ ٱلْآبِ وَٱلِٱبْنِ وَٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ ― bismi l-ʔābi wal-ibni war-rūḥi l-qudusi ― In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost

2. appellation
3. reputation, prestige
4. (grammar) noun (a category above, including pronouns and substantives like adjectives and participles, see the derived terms to get a picture of the usage)

• Cypriot Arabic: ism
• Egyptian Arabic: إسم (ʔism)
• Hijazi Arabic: اسم (isim)
• Maltese: isem
• Moroccan Arabic: اسم (ism)
• Tunisian Arabic: اسم (ism)
• → Azerbaijani: ایسیم, isim (or via Persian)
• → Bashkir: исем (isem)
• → Kazakh: есім (esım)
• → Malay: اسم, isim
• → Classical Persian: اسم (ism) (see there for further descendants)
• → Swahili: isimu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

اُسْمُ • (usmu) (form I) /us.mu/

1. second-person masculine singular imperative of سَمَا (samā)

• Freytag, Georg (1833) “اسم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 359–360
• Carter, Michael George (2017) “The Seven Deadly Sins of Arabic Studies”, in Manuel Sartori, Manuela E. B. Giolfo, Philippe Cassuto, editors, Approaches to the History and Dialectology of Arabic in Honor of Pierre Larcher (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 88), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 519–521
• Kasher, Almog (2009 October 1) “Term Ism in Medieval Arabic Grammatical Tradition: A Hyponym of Itself”, in Journal of Semitic Studies‎, Oxford Academix, retrieved 26 October 2018
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “سم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

اسم (ism) (definite accusative اسمی, plural اسملر)

1. Alternative spelling of ایسیم

From Arabic اِسْم (ism).

• IPA^(key): /i.sim/,

اسم • (isim) m (construct state اِسْم (ism), plural أسامي (ʔasāmi) or أسماء (ʔasmāʔ))

1. name

From Arabic اِسْم (ism).

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /isem/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /isɪm/
• Rhymes: -isem, -sem, -em

اسم (plural اسم-اسم or اسم۲, informal 1st possessive اسمکو, 2nd possessive اسممو, 3rd possessive اسمڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of isim‎

From Arabic اِسْم (ism).

اسم • (ism, isim) (plural اسملر)

1. name
2. (grammar) noun

• آد (ad)

• Turkish: isim

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْم (ism).

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اسم • (esm) (plural اسم‌ها (esm-hâ) or اسامی (asâmi) or اَسْماء (asmâ'))

1. (especially Iran) name

   Synonym: نام (nâm)

   • 2024 April 30, “یک سند محرمانه از تعرض جنسی به نیکا شاکرمی و جزئیات قتل او به دست نیروهای امنیتی ایران پرده برداشت”, in bbc.com/persian‎, BBC Persian:

     این اسناد شامل اسامی قاتلان نیکا و فرماندهان ارشدی است که سعی کردند واقعیت این ماجرا را مخفی کنند.

     in asnâd šâmel-e asâmi-ye qâtelân-e nikâ va farmândehân-e aršâdi ast ke sa'y kardand vâqe'iyat-e in mâjarâ râ maxfi konand.

     These documents contain the names of Nika's murderers and the senior commanders who attempted to hide the truth behind the incident.

2. appellation

   Synonym: نامیده (nâmide)

3. (grammar) noun

   Hyponym: اسم خاص (esm-e xâs)

• (name): In Iran, نام is more common in formal speech but اسم is more common in informal speech. However, اسم can be used in formal contexts as well. In Dari and Tajik, اسم is not the common word for "name" at any level of formality.

• → Chagatai: اسم
  • Uzbek: ism
  • Uyghur: ئىسىم (isim)
• → Gujarati: ઇસમ (isam)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इस्म (isma)

  Urdu: اِسْم (ism)

• → Kannada: ಇಸಮು (isamu)
• → Marathi: इसम (isam)
• → Ottoman Turkish: اسم (ism, isim)
  • Turkish: isim

From Arabic اِسْم (ism).

• IPA^(key): /ʔism/,
• IPA^(key): /ʔusm/,

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اسم • (ʔism, ʔusm) m (plural أسامي (ʔasāmi))

1. name

   اسم العيلة ― ʔism il-ʕēle ― surname, family name

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   اسم الشخص ― ʔism iš-šaḵṣ ― first name

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   شو اسمك؟ ― šu ʔismak? ― What's your name?

   شو الاسم الكريم؟ ― šu l-ʔism il-karīm? ― What's your noble name?

2. noun

From Arabic اِسْم (ism).

اسم (ʔism) m

1. name

   شسمك ؟

   šismik

   What's your name?

2. noun
3. title

   ما ختارش اسم باهي لكتابه

   mā ḵtāriš ʔism bāhi liktābu

   He didn't choose a good title for his book

4. first name

Borrowed from Classical Persian اسم (ism), from Arabic اِسْم (ism).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪsm/

اِسْم • (ism) m (Hindi spelling इस्म)

1. (rare) name, appellation, designation
2. (grammar) noun, substantive

• نام (nām)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit असम (asama).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.səm/

اَسَم • (asam) (Hindi spelling असम)

1. unequal
2. uneven
3. dissimilar
4. unusual

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اسم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.