بيرم

See also: بیرم

Arabic

Alternative forms

• بَارَم (bāram)

Etymology

Possibly an artificial word from بَرَمَ (barama, “to twist, to shape, to contort”), unless these verbs are denominal from the instruments, compare بَرَى (barā, “to trim, to nib”) and بَرَدَ (barada, “to file, to pare”), though this is also suspect of Middle Iranian borrowing. Arabic tradition usually claims that “مُخْل (muḵl) is Greek and بَيْرَم (bayram) is Persian”, but Vullers in his Persian–Latin dictionary lists the Persian as from Arabic, and indeed Dihḵudā’s quote for the word is from al-Ḵwarizmī’s originally Arabic مفاتيح العلوم (mafātīḥ al-ʕulūm), and surely at least the Classical Syriac ܒܝܪܡܐ only given by Bar Bahlul is from Arabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baj.ram/

Noun

بَيْرَم • (bayram) m (plural بَيَارِم (bayārim))

1. (obsolete, Classical Arabic) gimlet, crank, or a kind of lever

Declension

Declension of noun بَيْرَم (bayram)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَيْرَم bayram	الْبَيْرَم al-bayram	بَيْرَم bayram
Nominative	بَيْرَمٌ bayramun	الْبَيْرَمُ al-bayramu	بَيْرَمُ bayramu
Accusative	بَيْرَمًا bayraman	الْبَيْرَمَ al-bayrama	بَيْرَمَ bayrama
Genitive	بَيْرَمٍ bayramin	الْبَيْرَمِ al-bayrami	بَيْرَمِ bayrami
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَيْرَمَيْن bayramayn	الْبَيْرَمَيْن al-bayramayn	بَيْرَمَيْ bayramay
Nominative	بَيْرَمَانِ bayramāni	الْبَيْرَمَانِ al-bayramāni	بَيْرَمَا bayramā
Accusative	بَيْرَمَيْنِ bayramayni	الْبَيْرَمَيْنِ al-bayramayni	بَيْرَمَيْ bayramay
Genitive	بَيْرَمَيْنِ bayramayni	الْبَيْرَمَيْنِ al-bayramayni	بَيْرَمَيْ bayramay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَيَارِم bayārim	الْبَيَارِم al-bayārim	بَيَارِم bayārim
Nominative	بَيَارِمُ bayārimu	الْبَيَارِمُ al-bayārimu	بَيَارِمُ bayārimu
Accusative	بَيَارِمَ bayārima	الْبَيَارِمَ al-bayārima	بَيَارِمَ bayārima
Genitive	بَيَارِمَ bayārima	الْبَيَارِمِ al-bayārimi	بَيَارِمِ bayārimi

Descendants

• → Persian: بیرم (bayram)
• → Classical Syriac: ܒܝܪܡܐ

See also

• بَرِّيمَة (barrīma, “corkscrew”)
• بَرِيم (barīm, “rope”)

References

• “byrmˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “بیرم”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “بيرم”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 297b
• Wiedemann, Eilhard (1906) Beiträge zur Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften. VI. Zur Mechanik und Technik bei den Arabern (Sitzungsberichte der Physikalisch-medizinischen Sozietät; 38)‎^[2] (in German), Erlangen: Junge & Sohn, published 1907, page 19

Malay

Alternative forms

• berma, biram, برما

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biram/
• Rhymes: -iram, -ram, -am

Adjective

بيرم (biram)

1. red (having red as its colour)

Noun

بيرم (biram)

1. red (colour)

Synonyms

• merah / mirah / ميره