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بوم

بوم

See also: تؤم, ثوم, and توم

Arabic

Noun

بُوم (būm) f (collective, singulative بُومة (būma), plural أَبْوَام (ʾabwām))

  1. owl, owls

Declension


Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭥𐭬 (būm), from Old Persian 𐏏 (būmiš), likely from Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sanskrit भूमि (bhūmi, earth, soil, land)).

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari بوم
Iranian Persian بوم
Tajik бум (bum)

بوم (bum)

  1. land, soil
Derived terms
  • مرز و بوم (marz-o-bum)

Etymology 2

From Arabic بُوم (būm), masculine form of بُومَة (būma).

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari بوم
Iranian Persian بوم
Tajik бум (bum)

بوم (bum)

  1. owl
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

بوم (bum)

  1. (colloquial) Spoken form of بام (bâm).
Related terms
  • پشت‌بوم (pošt-e-bum)