خم

See also: جم‎, حم‎, and چم‎

Arabic

Verb

خَمَّ • (ḵamma) I, non-past يَخِمُّ‎ or يَخُمُّ‎‎ (yaḵimmu or yaḵummu)

  1. to become stinking, to get rotten, to acquire a foul smell
Conjugation

Noun

خَمّ • (ḵamm) m

  1. verbal noun of خَمَّ (ḵamma) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 2

See ق م م‎ (q-m-m) with this meaning.

Verb

خَمَّ • (ḵamma) I, non-past يَخُمُّ‎‎ (yaḵummu)

  1. to sweep, to scoop
Conjugation

Noun

خَمّ • (ḵamm) m

  1. verbal noun of خَمَّ (ḵamma) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 3

From Persian خم‎ (xom).

Noun

خُمّ • (ḵumm) m (plural أَخْمَام‎ (ʔaḵmām))

  1. coop for domestic birds to be fattened, pen for poultry, brooding cage, henhouse, pigeon’s home and the like
Declension

References

Persian

Etymology 1

Presumably related چمیدن‎ (čamidan, “to twist, bend”), چفته‎ (čaftah, “curved, bent; vaulted roof”), from Proto-Iranian *čámpati ~ *kapánti (“to bend”), ultimately of unknown origin. Cognate with Parthian 𐫗𐫐𐫖𐫁𐫏𐫅‎ (nkmbyd /rikambēd/, “to bend”).

Adjective

خم • (xam)

  1. bent
  2. crooked
  3. curved

Noun

خم • (xam)

  1. bend
  2. curve

Etymology 2

From Classical Persian خنب‎ (xunb), خمب‎ (xomb), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwmb'), 𐫟𐫇𐫖𐫁‎ (xwmb /xumb/, “jug, pitcher”).

Noun

خم • (xom)

  1. cask, vat, jug
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