توأم

Arabic

Alternative forms

• تَوْءَم (tawʔam)

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܬܐܡܐ (təʾāmā) and Hebrew תְּאוֹם (təʾôm).

Root
و ء م (w ʔ m)
3 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taw.ʔam/

Noun

تَوْأَم • (tawʔam) m (plural تَوائِم (tawāʔim))

1. one who was born of a multiple birth, i.e. a twin, triplet, quadruplet, etc.

   هٰذَا تَوْأَمِي. ― hāḏā tawʔamī. ― This is my twin.

2. (sometimes proscribed) a pair of twins (two persons collectively)

   نَحْنُ تَوْأَم. ― naḥnu tawʔam. ― We are twins.

Declension

Declension of noun تَوْأَم (tawʔam)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَوْأَم tawʔam	التَّوْأَم at-tawʔam	تَوْأَم tawʔam
Nominative	تَوْأَمٌ tawʔamun	التَّوْأَمُ at-tawʔamu	تَوْأَمُ tawʔamu
Accusative	تَوْأَمًا tawʔaman	التَّوْأَمَ at-tawʔama	تَوْأَمَ tawʔama
Genitive	تَوْأَمٍ tawʔamin	التَّوْأَمِ at-tawʔami	تَوْأَمِ tawʔami
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَوْأَمَيْن tawʔamayn	التَّوْأَمَيْن at-tawʔamayn	تَوْأَمَيْ tawʔamay
Nominative	تَوْأَمَانِ tawʔamāni	التَّوْأَمَانِ at-tawʔamāni	تَوْأَمَا tawʔamā
Accusative	تَوْأَمَيْنِ tawʔamayni	التَّوْأَمَيْنِ at-tawʔamayni	تَوْأَمَيْ tawʔamay
Genitive	تَوْأَمَيْنِ tawʔamayni	التَّوْأَمَيْنِ at-tawʔamayni	تَوْأَمَيْ tawʔamay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَوائِم tawāʔim	التَّوائِم at-tawāʔim	تَوائِم tawāʔim
Nominative	تَوائِمُ tawāʔimu	التَّوائِمُ at-tawāʔimu	تَوائِمُ tawāʔimu
Accusative	تَوائِمَ tawāʔima	التَّوائِمَ at-tawāʔima	تَوائِمَ tawāʔima
Genitive	تَوائِمَ tawāʔima	التَّوائِمِ at-tawāʔimi	تَوائِمِ tawāʔimi

Descendants

• Maltese: tewmi
• Gulf Arabic: توم (tōm)
• Moroccan Arabic: توام (twām)
• South Levantine Arabic: توم (tōm)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَوْأَم (tawʔam).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [taw.ˈʔam]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw.ʔǽm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw.ʔǽm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wǽm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wǽm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰow.ʔǽm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw.ʔǽm]

Readings
Classical reading?	taw'am
Dari reading?	taw'am
Iranian reading?	tow'am
Tajik reading?	tavʾam

Adjective

توأم • (tow'am)

1. twin

   Synonym: دوقلو (doqolu)

2. linked, together with

Further reading

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