عوام

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See also: غوام

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ع و م (ʕ w m)
3 terms

From عَامَ (ʕāma), from the root ع و م (ʕ-w-m).

Pronunciation

Noun

عَوَّام (ʕawwāmm

  1. swimmer
Declension

Etymology 2

Root
ع م م (ʕ m m)
15 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

عَوَامّ (ʕawāmmf pl

  1. plural of عَامَّة (ʕāmma)
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: avam
  • Classical Persian: عَوَام (awām)
  • Punjabi: ਅਵਾਮ (avām)
  • Ottoman Turkish: عوام (avam)
  • Uyghur: ئاۋام (awam)
  • Uzbek: avom

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عوام ('awām), from Arabic عَوَامّ (ʕawāmm), the plural of عَامَّة (ʕāmma). Compare Punjabi ਅਵਾਮ (avām).

Pronunciation

Noun

عَوام ('avāmm (indeclinable, formal plural عَوامات ('avāmāt), Hindi spelling अवाम)

  1. public; masses, common folk, laity
  2. crowd

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • عوام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • عوام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “عوام”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “عوام”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “عوام”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “عوام”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu عوام (ʿawām), from Arabic عَوَامّ (ʕawāmm).

Noun

عوام (ʿawām)

  1. people, public