كريم

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ك ر م (k-r-m); compare كَرُمَ (karuma, to be noble, to be generous).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.riːm/

Adjective

كَرِيم (karīm) (common plural كِرَام (kirām), masculine plural كَرِيمُونَ (karīmūna) or أَكْرِمَاء (ʔakrimāʔ) or كُرَمَاء (kuramāʔ), feminine plural كَرِيمَات (karīmāt) or كَرَائِم (karāʔim), elative أَكْرَم (ʔakram))

  1. noble, noble-minded, beneficent, kind, gracious
    • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi
      إِذَا أَنْتَ أَكْرَمْتَ الْكَرِيمَ مَلَكْتَهُ / وَإِنْ أَنْتَ أَكْرَمْتَ اللَّئِيمَ تَمَرَّدَا
      ʔiḏā ʔanta ʔakramta al-karīma malaktahu / waʔin ʔanta ʔakramta l-laʔīma tamarradā
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    Synonym: نَبِيل (nabīl)
    Antonym: لَئِيم (laʔīm)
  2. generous, liberal
    Synonym: سَخِيّ (saḵiyy)
    Antonym: بَخِيل (baḵīl)
  3. venerable, honored
  4. precious
    حَجَرٌ كَرِيمٌḥajarun karīmunprecious stone
  5. (definite) a title of God in Islam
  6. a kind of turtledove
Declension
Antonyms

Proper noun

كَرِيم (karīm) m

  1. a male given name, Karim or Kareem
Declension

References

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French crème.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kriːm/, /kreːm/, /ke.reːm/

Noun

كْرِيم or كِرِيم or كْرِيم (krēm or kerēm or krīm) m (plural كْرِيمَات (krēmāt) or كِرِيمَات (kerēmāt) or كْرِيمَات (krīmāt))

  1. cream
Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), كريم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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