رحم

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See also: زخم and زحم

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ر ح م (r ḥ m)
10 terms

Cognate to Hebrew רחם (raḥam).

Verb

رَحِمَ (raḥima) I (non-past يَرْحَمُ (yarḥamu), verbal noun رَحْمَة (raḥma) or رُحْم (ruḥm) or رُحُم (ruḥum) or مَرْحَمَة (marḥama))

  1. to have mercy (upon), have compassion
  2. to spare, let off
  3. to save, relieve
  4. to be merciful
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Etymology 1.2

Verb

رَحَّمَ (raḥḥama) II (non-past يُرَحِّمُ (yuraḥḥimu), verbal noun تَرْحِيم (tarḥīm))

  1. to have mercy (upon)
  2. to ask God to have mercy (upon), to plead for God’s mercy
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Related to Hebrew רחם (womb). More at R-Ḥ-M.

Noun

رَحِم (raḥimf (plural أَرْحَام (ʔarḥām))

  1. (anatomy) uterus, womb
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:6:
      هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡحَامِ كَيۡفَ يَشَاۤءُ
      huwa llaḏī yuṣawwirukum fī l-ʔarḥāmi kayfa yašāʔu
      He is the One Who causes you to take shape in the wombs, as He will cause to be
  2. relationship, kinship
Declension
Descendants
  • Malay: rahim
    • Indonesian: rahim
  • Ottoman Turkish: رحم
  • Pashto: رحم
  • Persian: رحم

Etymology 1.4

Noun

رُحْم or رُحُم (ruḥm or ruḥumm

  1. verbal noun of رَحِمَ (raḥima) (form I)
  2. mercy, commiseration
    أُمُّ رُحْمٍʔummu ruḥminMecca
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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic رَحِم (raḥim, womb, uterus).

Noun

رحم (rahim) (plural ارحام (erham))

  1. uterus, womb, the organ in which the young are conceived
    Synonyms: اوغلدروق (oğulduruk), زهدان (zehdan), قارن (karn)
  2. (figuratively) kinship, consanguinity, especially on the maternal side
Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic رُحْم (ruḥm, mercy).

Noun

رحم (rahm)

  1. pity, mercy, compassion, ruth
    Synonyms: ترحم (terahhum), شفقت (şefkat), مرحمت (merhamet)
Descendants

Further reading

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic رَحَم (raḥam). Cognate to Hebrew רחם (raḥam).

Pronunciation

Noun

رحم (rëhëmm

  1. (religious, Islam) mercy

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic رَحِم (raḥim).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? rahim
Dari reading? rahim
Iranian reading? rahem
Tajik reading? rahim

Noun

رحم (rahem)

  1. womb
    Synonyms: بطن (batn), زهدان (zehdân), بچه‌دان (baččedân)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic رُحْم (ruḥm), but the initial vowel was changed under the influence of رَحمٰن (rahmân, the Merciful), a common title of God.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? rahm
Dari reading? rahm
Iranian reading? rahm
Tajik reading? rahm

Noun

رحم (rahm)

  1. mercy, pity
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 464”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
      رحم آر بر دل من کز مهر روی خوبت
      شد شخص ناتوانم باریک چون هلالی
      rahm ār bar dil-i man k-az mihr-i rō-yi xūbat
      šud šaxs-i nātawānam bārīk čūn hilālē
      Have mercy on my heart, for out of love for your fair face,
      My incapable body has become thin like a crescent moon.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
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Descendants

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “رحم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim