جام

See also: حام‎, خام‎, and چام‎

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جام‎ (jâm).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaːm/

Noun

جَام • (jām) m (plural جَامَات‎ (jāmāt) or جُوم‎ (jūm) or أَجْوَام‎ (ʔajwām))

  1. cup, bowl
  2. tray, platter

Declension
Declension of noun جَام (jām)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جَام
jām		 الْجَام‎
al-jām		 جَام
jām
Nominative جَامٌ
jāmun		 الْجَامُ‎
al-jāmu		 جَامُ
jāmu
Accusative جَامًا‎
jāman		 الْجَامَ‎
al-jāma		 جَامَ
jāma
Genitive جَامٍ
jāmin		 الْجَامِ‎
al-jāmi		 جَامِ
jāmi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جَامَيْن‎
jāmayn		 الْجَامَيْن‎
al-jāmayn		 جَامَيْ‎
jāmay
Nominative جَامَانِ‎
jāmāni		 الْجَامَانِ‎
al-jāmāni		 جَامَا‎
jāmā
Accusative جَامَيْنِ‎
jāmayni		 الْجَامَيْنِ‎
al-jāmayni		 جَامَيْ‎
jāmay
Genitive جَامَيْنِ‎
jāmayni		 الْجَامَيْنِ‎
al-jāmayni		 جَامَيْ‎
jāmay
Plural sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جَامَات‎‎; جُوم‎‎; أَجْوَام‎
jāmāt‎; jūm‎; ʔajwām		 الْجَامَات‎‎; الْجُوم‎‎; الْأَجْوَام‎
al-jāmāt‎; al-jūm‎; al-ʔajwām		 جَامَات‎‎; جُوم‎‎; أَجْوَام‎
jāmāt‎; jūm‎; ʔajwām
Nominative جَامَاتٌ‎‎; جُومٌ‎‎; أَجْوَامٌ‎
jāmātun‎; jūmun‎; ʔajwāmun		 الْجَامَاتُ‎‎; الْجُومُ‎‎; الْأَجْوَامُ‎
al-jāmātu‎; al-jūmu‎; al-ʔajwāmu		 جَامَاتُ‎‎; جُومُ‎‎; أَجْوَامُ‎
jāmātu‎; jūmu‎; ʔajwāmu
Accusative جَامَاتٍ‎‎; جُومًا‎‎; أَجْوَامًا‎
jāmātin‎; jūman‎; ʔajwāman		 الْجَامَاتِ‎‎; الْجُومَ‎‎; الْأَجْوَامَ‎
al-jāmāti‎; al-jūma‎; al-ʔajwāma		 جَامَاتِ‎‎; جُومَ‎‎; أَجْوَامَ‎
jāmāti‎; jūma‎; ʔajwāma
Genitive جَامَاتٍ‎‎; جُومٍ‎‎; أَجْوَامٍ‎
jāmātin‎; jūmin‎; ʔajwāmin		 الْجَامَاتِ‎‎; الْجُومِ‎‎; الْأَجْوَامِ‎
al-jāmāti‎; al-jūmi‎; al-ʔajwāmi		 جَامَاتِ‎‎; جُومِ‎‎; أَجْوَامِ‎
jāmāti‎; jūmi‎; ʔajwāmi

References
  • Gacek, Adam (2008) The Arabic Manuscript Tradition: A Glossary of Technical Terms, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “جام”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

From Persian جام‎ (jâm).

Noun

جام (jām) m

  1. glass, pane

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian جام‎ (jâm).

Noun

جام • (cam)

  1. cup, glass, beaker, stoop
  2. the material glass
  3. integrated sheet of glass such as a window-pane, window-sash or window-valve, a bull's-eye of glass in a vault or dome etc.

Adjective

جام • (cam)

  1. of glass

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Turkish: cam
  • → Albanian: xham
  • → Armenian: ճամ (čam), ջամ (ǰam)
  • → Aromanian: agiame, giame
  • → Bulgarian: джам (džam)
  • → Georgian: ჯამი (ǯami)
  • → Greek: τζάμι (tzámi)
  • → Macedonian: џам (džam)
  • → Romanian: geam
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: џа̏м
    Latin script: džȁm

References
  • ‌ Kélékian, Diran (1911), “جام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 430
  • Поленаковиќ, Харалампие (2007), “25. AǦAME sb. f. pl. aǧeń i aǧemurǐ; ǦAME”, in Зузана Тополињска, Петар Атанасов, editors, Турските елементи во ароманскиот, put into Macedonian from the author’s Serbo-Croatian Turski elementi u aromunskom dijalektu (1939, unpublished) by Веселинка Лаброска, Скопје: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите, →ISBN, page 75

Pashto

Etymology

From Persian جام‎ (jâm).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑm/

Noun

جام • (jâm) m

  1. cup, goblet

Declension
declension of جام
singular plural
direct جام
(jâm)		 جامونه‎
(jâmuna)
oblique جام
(jâm)		 جامونو‎
(jâmuno)
vocative جامه‎
(jâma)		 جامونو‎
(jâmuno)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (yāma, “glass”). Related to Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬨𐬀‎ (yama, “glass”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɔm/

Noun
Dari جام
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷом (jom)

جام • (jâm) (plural جام‌ها‎ (jâm-hâ))

  1. cup
  2. glass, pane

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Arabic: جام‎ (jām, “cup, bowl, plate”)
  • → Gulf Arabic: جام‎ (jām), جامة‎ (jāma, “motorvehicle window”)
  • → Iraqi Arabic: جام‎ (jām)
  • → Bengali: জাম (jam)
  • → Hindustani:
    → Hindi: जाम (jām)
    → Urdu: جام‎ (jâm)
  • → Pashto: جام‎ (jâm)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: جام‎ (cam)
    • Turkish: cam
    • → Albanian: xham
    • → Armenian: ճամ (čam), ջամ (ǰam)
    • → Aromanian: agiame, giame
    • → Bulgarian: джам (džam)
    • → Georgian: ჯამი (ǯami)
    • → Greek: τζάμι (tzámi)
    • → Macedonian: џам (džam)
    • → Romanian: geam
    • → Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: џа̏м
      Latin script: džȁm

References
  • Hassuri, Ali (1983), “Two Middle Persian Words”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎, volume 133, pages 145–148
  1. The Silk Road Encyclopedia. (n.d.). United States: Seoul Selection.
  2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. (1910). United Kingdom: Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, p. 248

Urdu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian جام‎ (jām).

Noun

جام • (transliteration needed) m (Hindi spelling जाम)

  1. goblet; wine cup
  2. (loosely) glass; drinking vessel

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu).

Noun

جام • (transliteration needed) m (Hindi spelling जाम)

  1. rose apple
  2. guava
  3. night watch (for a period of three hours)
  4. son
Declension
Declension of جام
singular plural
direct جام‎ (jām) جام‎ (jām)
oblique جام‎ (jām) جاموں‎ (jāmō̃)
vocative جام‎ (jām) جامو‎ (jāmō)

References
  • “جام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “جام”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Pashto جام‎ (jām).

Noun

جام (jām)

  1. stirrup
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