ترحم

See also: تزحم, پرچم, ترجم, and ت ر ج م

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

ترحم (form I)

1. تَرْحَمُ (tarḥamu) /tar.ħa.mu/: inflection of رَحِمَ (raḥima):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
2. تُرْحَمُ (turḥamu) /tur.ħa.mu/: inflection of رَحِمَ (raḥima):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
3. تَرْحَمَ (tarḥama) /tar.ħa.ma/: inflection of رَحِمَ (raḥima):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
4. تُرْحَمَ (turḥama) /tur.ħa.ma/: inflection of رَحِمَ (raḥima):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
5. تَرْحَمْ (tarḥam) /tar.ħam/: inflection of رَحِمَ (raḥima):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
6. تُرْحَمْ (turḥam) /tur.ħam/: inflection of رَحِمَ (raḥima):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

Etymology 2

Verb

ترحم (form II)

1. تُرَحِّمُ (turaḥḥimu) /tu.raħ.ħi.mu/: inflection of رَحَّمَ (raḥḥama):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
2. تُرَحَّمُ (turaḥḥamu) /tu.raħ.ħa.mu/: inflection of رَحَّمَ (raḥḥama):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
3. تُرَحِّمَ (turaḥḥima) /tu.raħ.ħi.ma/: inflection of رَحَّمَ (raḥḥama):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
4. تُرَحَّمَ (turaḥḥama) /tu.raħ.ħa.ma/: inflection of رَحَّمَ (raḥḥama):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
5. تُرَحِّمْ (turaḥḥim) /tu.raħ.ħim/: inflection of رَحَّمَ (raḥḥama):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
6. تُرَحَّمْ (turaḥḥam) /tu.raħ.ħam/: inflection of رَحَّمَ (raḥḥama):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَرَحُّم (taraḥḥum).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.ɾah.ˈhum]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾäɦ.hʊ́m]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾäɦ.hʊ́m]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɑːʊ́m]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɔːúm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.ɹæɦ.hóm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾäɦ.húm]

Readings
Classical reading?	tarahhum
Dari reading?	tarahhum
Iranian reading?	tarahhom
Tajik reading?	tarahhum

Noun

ترحم • (tarahhom)

1. compassion, commiseration, pity
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 73:

     شدم بمرگ خود از حسرت رخت راضی
     ترحمی بکن ای سنگ دل بما بنگر

     šudam ba-marg-i xwad az hasrat-i ruxat rāzī
     tarahhumē bikun ay sang dil ba-mā bingar

     Out of chagrin for your face, I became satisfied to die;
     Take pity, o you of stony heart, and look at me!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ترحم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim