طعام

From the root ط ع م‎ (ṭ-ʕ-m). Cognate with Hebrew טַעַם‎ (ṭāʿām).

• IPA^(key): /tˤa.ʕaːm/

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طَعَام • (ṭaʕām) m (plural أَطْعِمَة‎ (ʔaṭʕima))

1. (countable, uncountable) food
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:259:

     ‏قَالَ بَل لَّبِثْتَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ فَٱنْظُرْ إِلَى طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْ‎

     qāla bal llabiṯta miʔata ʕāmin fa-nẓur ʔilā ṭaʕāmika wa-šarābika lam yatasannah

     He said, “Rather, you have remained one hundred years. Look at your food and your drink; it has not changed with time.”

   • a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XII^e siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique‎, number 2, published 1934, page 243 (٥١) 12:

   1. prepared meal
      • a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XII^e siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique‎, number 2, published 1934, page 235 (٤٣) 12:

2. (verbal noun) feeding
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 89:18:

     ‏وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَى طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ‎

     wa-lā taḥāḍḍūna ʕalā ṭaʕāmi l-miskīni

     And ye urge not on feeding the poor.

3. (countable, uncountable, formerly Ḥijāz, al-Andalus, now South Tunisia) wheat
   • a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XII^e siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique‎, number 2, published 1934, page 229 (٣٧) 2:

   • a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XII^e siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique‎, number 2, published 1934, page 242 (٥٠) 15:

   • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام‎ [Yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʾaḥmad ibn al-ʿawwām], José Antonio Banqueri, editor, كتاب الفلاحة‎ [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 16, page 680:

     ‏وقيل إن نضح بقدر جرة من ماء الزيتون قدر مائة جرة من الطعام لم يفسد ولم تصبه آفة وإن نضح عليه ماء الأفسنتين بقي ولم يفسد.‎‎

     It is said that when a jar of wheat is dampened with a jar of amurca it does not suffer decay nor damage, and if it is dampened with absinthe water, it stays and does not rot.

   Synonyms: قَمْح‎ (qamḥ), حِنْطَة‎ (ḥinṭa), بُرّ‎ (burr), غَلَّة‎ (ḡalla)

4. (countable, uncountable, Ḥaḍramawt) grain, cereal

• Algerian Arabic: طعام‎ (ṭʕām, “couscous”)
• Azerbaijani: taam
• Maltese: tgħam (“wheat”)
• Moroccan Arabic: طعام‎ (ṭʕām, “couscous”)
• Ottoman Turkish: طعام‎
  • Turkish: taam
• Uzbek: taom

From Arabic طَعَام‎ (ṭaʕām, “wheat, grain”).

• IPA^(key): /tˤʕaːm/

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طعام • (ṭʿām) m

1. couscous

   Synonyms: سكسو‎ (saksu, suksu), كسكسو‎ (ksaksu, ksuksu)

From Arabic طَعَام‎ (ṭaʕām).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.(ʔ)ɑːm/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.(ʔ)ɑːm/

طَعام • (ta'ām) m (Hindi spelling तआम)

1. food, victuals

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