Pashto

Adjective

خام • ‎(xâm)

1. raw, uncooked (of food)
2. unpaved (of a road)
3. unripe (of fruit)

Synonyms

• اوم

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian hʾm ‎(xām, “crude, raw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. Cognate with Old Armenian հում ‎(hum).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɒːm/

Adjective

خام • ‎(xâm) ‎(comparative خام‌تر, superlative خام‌ترین)

1. crude
2. raw

Descendants

• → Armenian: խամ ‎(xam)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “xām”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 93