Arabic edit

Root
ع ظ م (ʕ-ẓ-m)

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Verb: IPA(key): /ta.ʕaː.ðˤa.ma/

Verb edit

تَعَاظَمَ (taʕāẓama) VI, non-past يَتَعَاظَمُ‎ (yataʕāẓamu)

  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 edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verbal noun of تَعَاظَمَ (taʕāẓama).

Pronunciation edit

  • Noun: IPA(key): /ta.ʕaː.ðˤum/

Noun edit

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 edit
Descendants edit
  • Azerbaijani: təəzzüm
  • Persian: تعاظم
  • Ottoman Turkish: تعاظم (taâzum)