Arabic

Verb

قَوَّمَ • ‎(qawwama) II, non-past يُقَوِّمُ‎ (yuqawwimu)

1. (transitive) to raise
2. (transitive) to evaluate
3. (transitive) to adjust

Conjugation

References

• “قوم” in John Mace (2007), Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., ISBN 0-7818-1229-1

Etymology 2

Noun

قَوْم • ‎(qawm) m

1. verbal noun of قَامَ ‎(qāma, “to get up”) (form I)
2. standing up, rising, placing upright, remaining, abiding

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قوم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Noun

قَوْم • ‎(qawm) m ‎(plural أَقْوَام ‎(ʾaqwām))

1. people, nation, tribe
2. some people, someone, a certain
3. family
4. sect

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قوم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Azeri

Noun

قوم ‎(qum)

1. Alternative spelling of قۇم

Noun

قوم ‎(qom)

1. Alternative spelling of قوْم

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَوْم ‎(qawm).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [ɢoʊm]
• (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ɢoːm]
• (Dari) IPA^(key): [qæʊm]

Noun

قوم • ‎(qoum) ‎(plural اقوام ‎(aqvâm))

1. people, nation, tribe
   • 1048-1131, Omar Khayyám, Rubáiyát

     قومی متفکرند اندر ره دین qoum-i motefakker-and andar rah-e din

     قومی به گمان فتاده در راه یقین qoum-i be-gamân fetâde dar râh-e yaqin

     می‌ترسم از آنکه بانگ آید روزی mi-tarsam az ân-ke bâng âyad ruzi

     کای بی‌خبران راه نه آنست و نه این k"ey bi-xabarân! râh na ân-ast o na in"

2. ethnic group

Punjabi

Etymology

From Arabic قَوْم ‎(qawm).

Noun

قوم • ‎(qaum) f ‎(Gurmukhi spelling ਕੌਮ)

1. nation, people

Synonyms

• (people): نسل ‎(nasal)