Arabic

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Root
ع ظ م (ʕ ẓ m)
8 terms

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • Verb: IPA(key): /ta.ʕaː.ðˤa.ma/

Verb

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تَعَاظَمَ (taʕāẓama) VI (non-past يَتَعَاظَمُ (yataʕāẓamu), verbal noun تَعَاظُم (taʕāẓum))

  1. to become arrogant (of a person)
  2. to grow larger, to significantly increase (in size, number, intensity, severity, importance etc)
  3. to worsen, to become aggravated
  4. (medicine) to become critical, to become severe
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Verbal noun of تَعَاظَمَ (taʕāẓama).

Pronunciation

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  • Noun: IPA(key): /ta.ʕaː.ðˤum/

Noun

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تَعَاظُم (taʕāẓumm

  1. verbal noun of تَعَاظَمَ (taʕāẓama) (form VI)
  2. haughtiness, arrogance, vanity
  3. enlargement, growth (in size, number, intensity, severity, importance etc)
  4. worsening, intensification
  5. (medicine) worsening (of a disease, condition, etc)
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: təəzzüm
  • Persian: تعاظم
  • Ottoman Turkish: تعاظم (taâzum)