Persian

Noun

موم • ‎(mum)

1. wax
2. candle

Derived terms

• مومی ‎(mumi)
• مومین ‎(mumin)
• مومیا ‎(mumiyâ)
• مومیایی ‎(mumiyâyi)

Descendants

• Tajik: мум ‎(mum)
• > Azeri: mum / موم
• > Arabic: مُوم ‎(mūm)
• > Crimean Tatar: mum
• > Hindustani:

  Hindi: मोम ‎(mom)

  Urdu: موم ‎(mom)

• > Ottoman Turkish: موم ‎(mûm)
  • Turkish: mum
• > Turkmen: mum
• > Kyrgyz: мом ‎(mom)
• > Romani: mom
• > Uzbek: mum

1. ↑ Hans Wehr 4th ed., page 1094; entry (موه) ماه
2. ↑ Alexander Militarev, A complete etymology-based hundred wordlist of Semitic updated: Items 75-100, in the Journal of Language Relationhip[s]; entry 94 water, especially the Afro-Asiatic meaning of sap, liquid substance.
3. ↑ Lane's Dictionary page 2991 "قفر" meaning asphalt, mumiya meaning bitumen, any thick spreading substance.