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Etymology edit

From بَرْشَمَ (baršama, to be wry).

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Noun edit

بُرْشَام (buršāmm (plural بُرْشَامَات (buršāmāt)) (alternatively this is a collective and there is a singulative بُرْشَامَة (buršāma))

  1. rivet
  2. pill or capsule of medicine
    بُرْشَام مَنْع الْحَمْل
    buršām manʕ al-ḥaml
    contraceptive pill
  3. (Christianity) communion wafer
  4. (colloquial, regional) cheat sheet

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Noun edit

بِرْشَام (biršāmm

  1. a piercing gaze, verbal noun of بَرْشَمَ (baršama)

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