طعام

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root ط ع م (ṭ-ʕ-m). Cognate with Hebrew טַעַם (ṭāʿām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤa.ʕaːm/
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Noun

طَعَام • (ṭaʕām) m (plural أَطْعِمَة (ʔaṭʕima))

  1. (countable, uncountable) food
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:259:
      قَالَ بَل لَّبِثْتَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ فَٱنْظُرْ إِلَى طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْ
      qāla bal labiṯta miʔata ʕāmin fa-nẓur ʔilā ṭaʕāmika wa-šarābika lam yatasannah
      He said, “Rather, you have remained one hundred years. Look at your food and your drink; it has not changed with time.”
    • a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XIIe siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique‎, number 2, published 1934, page 243 (٥١) 12:
    1. prepared meal
      • a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XIIe siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique‎, number 2, published 1934, page 235 (٤٣) 12:
  2. (verbal noun) feeding
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 89:18:
      وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَى طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
      wa-lā taḥāḍḍūna ʕalā ṭaʕāmi l-miskīni
      And ye urge not on feeding the poor.
  3. (countable, uncountable, formerly Ḥijāz, al-Andalus, now South Tunisia) wheat
    • a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XIIe siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique‎, number 2, published 1934, page 229 (٣٧) 2:
    • a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XIIe siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique‎, number 2, published 1934, page 242 (٥٠) 15:
    • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 16, page 680:
      وقيل إن نضح بقدر جرة من ماء الزيتون قدر مائة جرة من الطعام لم يفسد ولم تصبه آفة وإن نضح عليه ماء الأفسنتين بقي ولم يفسد.
      It is said that when a jar of wheat is dampened with a jar of amurca it does not suffer decay nor damage, and if it is dampened with absinthe water, it stays and does not rot.
    Synonyms: قَمْح (qamḥ), حِنْطَة (ḥinṭa), بُرّ (burr), غَلَّة (ḡalla)
  4. (countable, uncountable, Ḥaḍramawt) grain, cereal

Declension

Declension of noun طَعَام (ṭaʕām)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal طَعَام
ṭaʕām 		الطَّعَام
aṭ-ṭaʕām 		طَعَام
ṭaʕām
Nominative طَعَامٌ
ṭaʕāmun 		الطَّعَامُ
aṭ-ṭaʕāmu 		طَعَامُ
ṭaʕāmu
Accusative طَعَامًا
ṭaʕāman 		الطَّعَامَ
aṭ-ṭaʕāma 		طَعَامَ
ṭaʕāma
Genitive طَعَامٍ
ṭaʕāmin 		الطَّعَامِ
aṭ-ṭaʕāmi 		طَعَامِ
ṭaʕāmi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal طَعَامَيْن
ṭaʕāmayn 		الطَّعَامَيْن
aṭ-ṭaʕāmayn 		طَعَامَيْ
ṭaʕāmay
Nominative طَعَامَانِ
ṭaʕāmāni 		الطَّعَامَانِ
aṭ-ṭaʕāmāni 		طَعَامَا
ṭaʕāmā
Accusative طَعَامَيْنِ
ṭaʕāmayni 		الطَّعَامَيْنِ
aṭ-ṭaʕāmayni 		طَعَامَيْ
ṭaʕāmay
Genitive طَعَامَيْنِ
ṭaʕāmayni 		الطَّعَامَيْنِ
aṭ-ṭaʕāmayni 		طَعَامَيْ
ṭaʕāmay
Plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَطْعِمَة
ʔaṭʕima 		الْأَطْعِمَة
al-ʔaṭʕima 		أَطْعِمَة
ʔaṭʕimat
Nominative أَطْعِمَةٌ
ʔaṭʕimatun 		الْأَطْعِمَةُ
al-ʔaṭʕimatu 		أَطْعِمَةُ
ʔaṭʕimatu
Accusative أَطْعِمَةً
ʔaṭʕimatan 		الْأَطْعِمَةَ
al-ʔaṭʕimata 		أَطْعِمَةَ
ʔaṭʕimata
Genitive أَطْعِمَةٍ
ʔaṭʕimatin 		الْأَطْعِمَةِ
al-ʔaṭʕimati 		أَطْعِمَةِ
ʔaṭʕimati

Descendants

  • Algerian Arabic: طعام (ṭʕām, “couscous”)
  • Azerbaijani: taam
  • Maltese: tgħam (“wheat”)
  • Moroccan Arabic: طعام (ṭʕām, “couscous”)
  • Ottoman Turkish: طعام
  • Uyghur: تائام (ta'am)
  • Uzbek: taom

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic طَعَام (ṭaʕām, “wheat, grain”).

Pronunciation

Noun

طعام • (ṭʿām) m

  1. couscous
    Synonyms: سكسو (saksu, suksu), كسكسو (ksaksu, ksuksu)

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic طَعَام (ṭaʕām).

Pronunciation

Noun

طَعام • (ta'ām) m (Hindi spelling तआम)

  1. food, victuals

References

  • “طعام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “طعام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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