Unknown. Possibly an early borrowing from Arabic ثُوم (ṯūm, “garlic”). If so, cognate with Urdu ثُوم (sūm).
The presence of th as opposed to the regular s suggests this term was borrowed directly from Arabic rather than via Classical Persian.
Compare Saraiki تُھوم (thūm), Punjabi تھوم (thom), and Sindhi ٿُومَ (thūma).
تھوم (thūm)
Unknown. Possibly an early borrowing from Arabic ثُوم (ṯūm, “garlic”). If so, cognate with Urdu ثُوم (sūm).
The presence of th as opposed to the regular s suggests this term was borrowed directly from Arabic rather than via Classical Persian.
Compare Saraiki تُھوم (thūm), Pahari-Potwari تُھوم (thūm), and Sindhi ٿُومَ (thūma).
تھوم • (thom) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਥੋਮ)
singular | plural | |
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direct | تھوم (thom) | تھوماں (thomāṉ) |
oblique | تھوم (thom) | تھوماں (thomāṉ) |
vocative | تھومے (thome) | تھومو (thomo) |
ablative | تھوموں (thomoṉ) | تھوماں (thomāṉ) |
locative | تھومی (thomī) | تھومِیں (thomīṉ) |
instrumental | تھومِیں (thomīṉ) | تھومے (thome) |