مهم

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Arabic

Root
ه م م (h m m)
11 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of أَهَمَّ (ʔahamma, to be important), from the root ه م م (h-m-m); compare هَامّ (hāmm, important).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.himm/
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Adjective

مُهِمّ (muhimm) (feminine مُهِمَّة (muhimma), masculine plural مُهِمُّونَ (muhimmūna), feminine plural مُهِمَّات (muhimmāt))

  1. important

Declension

Descendants

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مُهِمّ (muhimm).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مهم (mohimm)

  1. interesting
  2. important

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُهِمّ (muhimm).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? muhimm
Dari reading? mohimm
Iranian reading? mohemm
Tajik reading? muhimm

Noun

Dari مهم
Iranian Persian
Tajik муҳим

مُهِمّ (mohemm)

  1. important task, important affair
    • 12th century, Ibn al-Balkhi, the Fârs-nâme:
      و این مهم که من پیش می‌گیرم لشکرها را با خویشتن نخواهم بردن جز اندکی.
      va in mohemm ke man piš mi-giram laškar-hâ-râ bâ xištan na-xâham bordan joz andak-i.
      And this important affair that I am engaging in, I will not take armies with me, save a few .

Adjective

Dari مهم
Iranian Persian
Tajik муҳим

مهم (mohemm) (comparative مهم‌تَر (mohemm-tar), superlative مهم‌تَرین (mohemm-tarin))

  1. important

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ه م م
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مُهِمّ (muhimm).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مهمّ (muhemm) (feminine مهمّة (muhimme), common plural مهمّين (muhimmīn), elative أهمّ (ʔahamm))

  1. important

Derived terms