عجم
Root: عجم
3 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
عجم ‘ajama u (‘ajm) to try, test, put to the test (ه s.o.) │ عجم عوده (‘ūdahū) to try, test s.o., put s.o. to the test IV to provide (هـ a letter) with a diacritical point (with diacritical points) VII to be obscure, incomprehensible, unintelligible (على to s.o.; language) X to become un-Arabic
Entry 2
عجم ‘ajam (coll.) barbarians, non-Arabs; Persians; العجم or بلاد العجم Persia
Entry 3
عجم ‘ajam (coll.; n. un. ة) stone, kernel, pit, pip, seed (of fruit)
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