تمام

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ت م م (t m m)
9 terms

Cognate with Hebrew תָּמִים (tamím).

Noun

تَمَام • (tamām) m

1. verbal noun of تَمَّ (tamma) (form I)
2. completeness, wholeness, entirety
3. perfection

Declension

Declension of noun تَمَام (tamām)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تَمَام tamām	التَّمَام at-tamām	تَمَام tamām
nominative	تَمَامٌ tamāmun	التَّمَامُ at-tamāmu	تَمَامُ tamāmu
accusative	تَمَامًا tamāman	التَّمَامَ at-tamāma	تَمَامَ tamāma
genitive	تَمَامٍ tamāmin	التَّمَامِ at-tamāmi	تَمَامِ tamāmi

Adjective

تَمَام • (tamām)

1. complete, whole, entire, full
2. perfect
3. separate, independent

Declension

Declension of adjective تَمَام (tamām)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	تَمَام tamām	التَّمَام at-tamām	تَمَامَة tamāma	التَّمَامَة at-tamāma
nominative	تَمَامٌ tamāmun	التَّمَامُ at-tamāmu	تَمَامَةٌ tamāmatun	التَّمَامَةُ at-tamāmatu
accusative	تَمَامًا tamāman	التَّمَامَ at-tamāma	تَمَامَةً tamāmatan	التَّمَامَةَ at-tamāmata
genitive	تَمَامٍ tamāmin	التَّمَامِ at-tamāmi	تَمَامَةٍ tamāmatin	التَّمَامَةِ at-tamāmati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	تَمَامَيْن tamāmayn	التَّمَامَيْن at-tamāmayn	تَمَامَتَيْن tamāmatayn	التَّمَامَتَيْن at-tamāmatayn
nominative	تَمَامَانِ tamāmāni	التَّمَامَانِ at-tamāmāni	تَمَامَتَانِ tamāmatāni	التَّمَامَتَانِ at-tamāmatāni
accusative	تَمَامَيْنِ tamāmayni	التَّمَامَيْنِ at-tamāmayni	تَمَامَتَيْنِ tamāmatayni	التَّمَامَتَيْنِ at-tamāmatayni
genitive	تَمَامَيْنِ tamāmayni	التَّمَامَيْنِ at-tamāmayni	تَمَامَتَيْنِ tamāmatayni	التَّمَامَتَيْنِ at-tamāmatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	?	?	تَمَامَات tamāmāt	التَّمَامَات at-tamāmāt
nominative	?	?	تَمَامَاتٌ tamāmātun	التَّمَامَاتُ at-tamāmātu
accusative	?	?	تَمَامَاتٍ tamāmātin	التَّمَامَاتِ at-tamāmāti
genitive	?	?	تَمَامَاتٍ tamāmātin	التَّمَامَاتِ at-tamāmāti

Derived terms

• تَمامًا (tamāman)

Descendants

• Maltese: tmiem
• → Bashkir: тамам (tamam)
• → Central Kurdish: تەواو (tewaw)
• → Georgian: თამამი (tamami)
• → Middle Armenian: թամամ (tʻamam)
  • → Armenian: թամամ (tʻamam)
• → Swahili: timamu
• → Ottoman Turkish: تمام (tamâm)
  • Turkish: tamam
    • → German: tamam
    • → Swedish: tamam
  • → Ladino: tamam, tamán
  • → Macedonian: таман (taman)
  • → Romanian: taman
• → Tatar: тәмам (tämam)

→ Serbo-Croatian: taman/таман

• → Persian: تمام (tamâm)

Etymology 2

Noun

تِمَام • (timām) m

1. verbal noun of تَمَّ (tamma) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun تِمَام (timām)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تِمَام timām	التِّمَام at-timām	تِمَام timām
nominative	تِمَامٌ timāmun	التِّمَامُ at-timāmu	تِمَامُ timāmu
accusative	تِمَامًا timāman	التِّمَامَ at-timāma	تِمَامَ timāma
genitive	تِمَامٍ timāmin	التِّمَامِ at-timāmi	تِمَامِ timāmi

Etymology 3

Noun

تُمَام • (tumām) m

1. verbal noun of تَمَّ (tamma) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun تُمَام (tumām)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تُمَام tumām	التُّمَام at-tumām	تُمَام tumām
nominative	تُمَامٌ tumāmun	التُّمَامُ at-tumāmu	تُمَامُ tumāmu
accusative	تُمَامًا tumāman	التُّمَامَ at-tumāma	تُمَامَ tumāma
genitive	تُمَامٍ tumāmin	التُّمَامِ at-tumāmi	تُمَامِ tumāmi

Gujarati

Determiner

تَمام • (tamām) (Lisan ud-Dawat)

1. Arabic spelling of તમામ (tamām)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمَام (tamām).

Adjective

تمام • (tamâm)

1. complete
2. finished, terminated
3. dead

Adverb

تمام • (tamâm)

1. completely
2. exactly, precisely

Interjection

تمام • (tamâm)

1. OK!
2. all right!
3. very well!

Synonyms

• اولدی (oldı)

Noun

تمام • (tamâm, temâm)

1. completion
2. finishing, end, termination
3. whole (of a thing)

Synonyms

• بتون (bütün)

Persian

Alternative forms

• تموم (tamum) (colloquial)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمَام (tamām).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.mɑ́ːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.mɑ́ːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.mɔ́ːm]

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	tamām
Dari reading?	tamām
Iranian reading?	tamâm
Tajik reading?	tamom

• Audio (Iran):

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Adjective

Dari	تمام
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тамом

تمام • (tamâm) (comparative تمام‌تَر (tamâm-tar), superlative تمام‌تَرین (tamâm-tarin))

1. complete
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 3478:

     کرد شیخ اسلام از کبر تمام / این برادر را چنین نصف القیام

     kard šayx-i-islām az kibr-i tamām / īn barādar-rā čunīn nisfa-l-qiyām

     In his complete arrogance the Shaykh of Islam [only] half rose [from his seat], in such a [careless] fashion, to [salute] his brother.

Derived terms

• تمام شدن (tamâm šodan, “to be completed, to be finished”)
• تمام کردن (tamâm kardan, “to complete, to finish”)

Noun

تَمام • (tamâm)

1. (with a following ezafe) all of; the whole

   Synonym: کُلّ (koll)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ت م م
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic تَمَام (tamām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.maːm/, [taˈmæːm]

• Audio (Jerusalem):

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Interjection

تمام • (tamām)

1. OK, fine

   Synonym: طيّب (ṭayyeb)

Adverb

تمام • (tamām)

1. precisely, exactly
2. completely

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تمام (tamām), from Arabic تَمَام (tamām), from the root ت م م (t m m).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.mɑːm/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːm

Adjective

تَمام • (tamām) (Hindi spelling तमाम)

1. all
2. every

References

• “تمام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “تمام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.