êm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "em"

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		ائم

Alternative forms

• îem

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *öm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eːm]

Noun

êm (definite accusative êmü, plural êmlər)

1. trousers

Declension

Declension of êm

	singular	plural
nominative	êm	êmlər
genitive	êmü̂ñ	êmlərü̂ñ
dative	êmkə	êmlərkə
definite accusative	êmü	êmlərü
locative	êmçə	êmlərçə
ablative	êmdə	êmlərdə
instrumental	êmlə	êmlərlə
equative	êmvâra	êmlərvâra

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*(i)öm”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔem˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔem˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔem˧˧]

Adjective

êm • (厭, 奄, 庵, 㤿, 淹, 裺)

1. soft and comfortable

   Ghế này ngồi êm nè!

   This couch is real soft!

2. calm

   êm tai ― pleasant to the ears

   Xe chạy êm ghê, đi đường xấu mà không xóc mấy.

   This car is running really well, we're on a bad road but there're not really a lot of shocks.

See also

Derived terms

• ấm êm
• êm ả (từ láy)
• êm ái
• êm dịu
• êm đềm
• êm lòng
• êm ru