Algerian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic لَحْم (laḥm).

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لحم (lḥamm

  1. flesh, meat

Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
ل ح م (l ḥ m)
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From Proto-Semitic *laḥm- (food, eatables; meat, bread), from Proto-Afroasiatic *laḥam- (food). Cognate with Aramaic לַחְמָא (laḥmā), Classical Syriac ܠܚܡܐ (laḥmā), Hebrew לֶחֶם (léḥem, bread), Ugaritic 𐎍𐎈𐎎 (lḥm /⁠laḥmu⁠/), Ge'ez ላህም (lahm), all meaning “food” or “bread”. The varying semantic developments are due to the differing agriculture and diets of the Arabian Peninsula and the Fertile Crescent.

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  • IPA(key): /laħm/
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Noun

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لَحْم (laḥmm (plural لُحُوم (luḥūm) or لِحَام (liḥām) or لِحْمَان (liḥmān) or لُحْمَان (luḥmān) or أَلْحُم (ʔalḥum))

  1. flesh, meat
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Etymology 1.2

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Verb

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لَحُمَ (laḥuma) I (non-past يَلْحُمُ (yalḥumu), verbal noun لَحَامَة (laḥāma))

  1. to be fleshy, to be corpulent, to be fat
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Etymology 1.3

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لَحِمَ (laḥima) I (non-past يَلْحَمُ (yalḥamu), verbal noun لَحَم (laḥam))

  1. to crave meat
  2. (transitive) to damage (someone's) flesh
  3. to get sick from eating too much meat
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Etymology 2.1

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ل ح م (l ḥ m)
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لَحَمَ (laḥama) I (non-past يَلْحُمُ (yalḥumu), verbal noun لَحْم (laḥm))

  1. to knit together, to close up
  2. to weld, to solder
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Etymology 2.2

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لَحِمَ (laḥima) I (non-past يَلْحَمُ (yalḥamu), verbal noun لَحَم (laḥam))

  1. to stick, to adhere [with بِ (bi) ‘to something’]
    Synonym: لَزِجَ (lazija)
  2. to be welded [with بِ (bi) ‘to something’]
  3. (transitive) to cling to (someone)
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Etymology 2.3

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لَحَّمَ (laḥḥama) II (non-past يُلَحِّمُ (yulaḥḥimu), verbal noun تَلْحِيم (talḥīm))

  1. to weld, to solder
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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “لحم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 92–93
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “لحم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 912
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “لحم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1147
  • لحم” in Almaany

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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic لَحْم (laḥm).

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لحم (laḥmm (collective, singulative لحمة f (laḥme), paucal لحمات (laḥmāt), plural لحوم (lḥūm))

  1. flesh, meat

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The plural لحوم (lḥūm) is used referring to different types of meat.

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian لحم (laḥm), from Arabic لَحَم (laḥam).

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لَحَم (lahamm (Hindi spelling लहम)

  1. meat, flesh
    Synonyms: مانْس (māns), گوشْت (gośt)