کرم

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See also: كرم and گرم

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis (worm).

Pronunciation

Noun

Northern Kurdish kirm

کرم (kirm, kirim)

  1. worm

Derived terms

Persian

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Etymology 1

PIE word
*kwŕ̥mis

From Proto-Iranian *kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis (worm). Cognate with Sanskrit कृमि (kṛ́mi, worm), Proto-Slavic *čьrvь (worm), Lithuanian kirmìs (worm).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? kirm
Dari reading? kirm
Iranian reading? kerm
Tajik reading? kirm

Noun

Dari کرم
Iranian Persian
Tajik кирм

کرم (kerm)

  1. worm
  2. (computing) worm
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From French crème.

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? kerem, krem

Noun

کرم (kerem or krem)

  1. cream (dairy product)
  2. lotion

Etymology 3

From Arabic كَرَم (karam).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? karam
Dari reading? karam
Iranian reading? karam
Tajik reading? karam

Noun

Dari کرم
Iranian Persian
Tajik карам

کرم (karam)

  1. bounty
  2. generosity
  3. magnificence

Proper noun

کرم (karam)

  1. a male given name

Etymology 4

Dari کرم
Iranian Persian
Tajik карам

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? karam
Dari reading? karam
Iranian reading? karam
Tajik reading? karam

Noun

کرم (karam)

  1. Rare form of کلم (kalam).

Etymology 5

From Arabic كَرْم (karm).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? karm
Dari reading? karm
Iranian reading? karm
Tajik reading? karm

Noun

Dari کرم
Iranian Persian
Tajik карм

کرم (karm)

  1. (rare) grape, vine

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کَرَم (karam), from Arabic كَرَم.

Pronunciation

Noun

کَرَم (karamf (Hindi spelling करम)

  1. grace; generosity
  2. kindness
  3. (figuratively) honour; decency
  4. bravery

Declension

    Declension of کرم
singular plural
direct کَرَم (karam) کَرَمیں (karamẽ)
oblique کَرَم (karam) کَرَموں (karamõ)
vocative کَرَم (karam) کَرَمو (karamo)

Further reading

  • کرم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • کرم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کرم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “کرم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “کرم”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “کرم”, 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