ям

See also: ам

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic ꙗсти (jasti), from Proto-Slavic *ěsti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ja̟m]

Verb

ям (jam) impf

  1. (transitive) to eat, to consume
    Synonyms: храня се (hranja se), консумирам (konsumiram)
  2. (transitive) to cause someone to worry, to eat, to pester, to badger, to nag
    Какво те яде?
    Kakvo te jade?
    What’s eating you?

Conjugation

Erzya

Noun

ям (äm)

  1. soup

Declension

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jam]
    (file)

Etymology 1

From Turkic, eventually Chinese or Mongolian. There is no scholarly consensus regarding the direction of borrowing. Generally, it is believed that Turkic jam and Chinese zhàn are loanwords from Mongolian ǰam, however, some (e.g. Tuymebayev in Казахско-монгольские лексические параллели) believe the directionality is reversed (i.e. Chinese "to stand > stand > station" → Middle Mongol → Turkic → Russian). Whatever the etymology, what is apparent is that the word jam has been around for a long time and was used by Central Asians to designate a key postal relay station or official. Compare Mongolian зам (zam).

Noun

ям (jam) m inan (genitive я́ма, nominative plural я́мы, genitive plural я́мов, related adjective ямско́й)

  1. (historical) mail staging post
Declension

Noun

ям (jam) f inan pl

  1. genitive plural of я́ма (jáma)
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