اتهام

See also: إبهام and ابهام

Arabic

Root
و ه م (w-h-m)

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِتَّهَمَ (ittahama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /it.ti.haːm/

Noun

اِتِّهَام • (ittihām) m (plural اِتِّهَامَات (ittihāmāt))

1. verbal noun of اِتَّهَمَ (ittahama) (form VIII)
2. accusation, charge

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ittiham
• → Ottoman Turkish: اتهام (itham)

  →⇒ Turkish: itham

• → Persian: اتهام

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِتِّهَام (ittihām).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔit.ti.hɑːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪt̪.t̪ʰe̞.ɦɑːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪt̪.t̪ʰe̞.ɦɑːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪt̪.t̪ʰi.jɑːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔit̪.t̪ʰi.jɔːm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔet̪.t̪ʰe.ɦɒːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔit̪.t̪ʰi.ɦɔm]

Readings
Classical reading?	ittihām
Dari reading?	ittehām
Iranian reading?	ettehâm
Tajik reading?	ittehom

Noun

اتهام • (ettehâm) (plural اتهامات (ettehâmât))

1. accusation
2. (law) charge

Related terms

• تهمت زدن (tohmat zadan)
• متهم ساختن (mottahem sâxtan)
• متهم کردن (mottahem kardan)