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Ajam en · PROPN

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَجَم (ʕajam, “non-Arabs; Persians”), or via Persian عجم ('ajam). Doublet of Ayam.

Meanings

  1. (historical) A non-Arab.
    • I am Rustam, champion-in-chief of the Arabs and Ajams. 2015, Richard Francis Burton, John Payne, Andrew Lang, One Thousand and One Nights - Complete Arabian Nights Collection (Delphi Classics), page 305:
  2. (historical) A Persian.
  3. (historical) Persia, land of the Iranian peoples.
    • ... Sultan Selim sent out a letter to Sultan Muzaar Shah, with an account of his victories in 'Arab, 'Ajam, Egypt, Syria and Aleppo. 2011, Muzaffar Alam, Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Writing the Mughal World, page 43:
  4. The name of a maqam.
  5. Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian origin.

Forms

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'Ajam alternative lexicographic

Relateds

Iraq-i Ajam · Iraq al-Ajam · Ajami

Synonyms

Ayam

Translations (21)

hi अजमी (Persian) · uz ajam (Persian) · hi अजम (Persian) · bn আজম (non-Arab) · hi अजम (non-Arab) · ug ئەجەم (Persian) · uz ajam (non-Arab) · tr Acem (Persian) · sw Mwajemi (Persian) · az Əcəm (Persia) · ar أَعْجَمِيّ (Persian) · az əcəm (non-Arab) · ug ئەجەم (non-Arab) · ar عَيَم (Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian origin) · tr Acem (non-Arab) · hi अजमी (non-Arab) · az əcəm (Persian) · tr Acem (Persia) · ar أَعْجَمِيّ (non-Arab) · afb عَيَم (Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian origin) · ug ئەجەمىستان (Persia)