جم

See also: خم, حم, چم, and .ج.م

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒamm/

Adjective

جَمّ • (jamm) (common plural جِمَام (jimām) or جُمُوم (jumūm))

1. many, much, numerous

   فَوَائِدُ جَمَّةٌ

   fawāʔidu jammatun

   significant benefits; substantial benefits; great usefulness

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 89:20:

     وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

     watuḥibbūna l-māla ḥubban jamman

     And you love wealth with abounding love.

Declension

Declension of adjective جَمّ (jamm)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَمّ jamm	الْجَمّ al-jamm	جَمَّة jamma	الْجَمَّة al-jamma
Nominative	جَمٌّ jammun	الْجَمُّ al-jammu	جَمَّةٌ jammatun	الْجَمَّةُ al-jammatu
Accusative	جَمًّا jamman	الْجَمَّ al-jamma	جَمَّةً jammatan	الْجَمَّةَ al-jammata
Genitive	جَمٍّ jammin	الْجَمِّ al-jammi	جَمَّةٍ jammatin	الْجَمَّةِ al-jammati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَمَّيْن jammayn	الْجَمَّيْن al-jammayn	جَمَّتَيْن jammatayn	الْجَمَّتَيْن al-jammatayn
Nominative	جَمَّانِ jammāni	الْجَمَّانِ al-jammāni	جَمَّتَانِ jammatāni	الْجَمَّتَانِ al-jammatāni
Accusative	جَمَّيْنِ jammayni	الْجَمَّيْنِ al-jammayni	جَمَّتَيْنِ jammatayni	الْجَمَّتَيْنِ al-jammatayni
Genitive	جَمَّيْنِ jammayni	الْجَمَّيْنِ al-jammayni	جَمَّتَيْنِ jammatayni	الْجَمَّتَيْنِ al-jammatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جِمَام‎; جُمُوم jimām‎; jumūm	الْجِمَام‎; الْجُمُوم al-jimām‎; al-jumūm	جِمَام‎; جُمُوم jimām‎; jumūm	الْجِمَام‎; الْجُمُوم al-jimām‎; al-jumūm
Nominative	جِمَامٌ‎; جُمُومٌ jimāmun‎; jumūmun	الْجِمَامُ‎; الْجُمُومُ al-jimāmu‎; al-jumūmu	جِمَامٌ‎; جُمُومٌ jimāmun‎; jumūmun	الْجِمَامُ‎; الْجُمُومُ al-jimāmu‎; al-jumūmu
Accusative	جِمَامًا‎; جُمُومًا jimāman‎; jumūman	الْجِمَامَ‎; الْجُمُومَ al-jimāma‎; al-jumūma	جِمَامًا‎; جُمُومًا jimāman‎; jumūman	الْجِمَامَ‎; الْجُمُومَ al-jimāma‎; al-jumūma
Genitive	جِمَامٍ‎; جُمُومٍ jimāmin‎; jumūmin	الْجِمَامِ‎; الْجُمُومِ al-jimāmi‎; al-jumūmi	جِمَامٍ‎; جُمُومٍ jimāmin‎; jumūmin	الْجِمَامِ‎; الْجُمُومِ al-jimāmi‎; al-jumūmi

Khowar

Adjective

جم (jam)

1. good

   جم اسوسا؟

   jam asusa?

   Are you good? (How are you?)

Malay

Alternative forms

• jam

Etymology

From Sanskrit याम (yāma, “time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒam]
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒam, -am

Noun

جم (Rumi spelling jam, plural جم٢)

1. hour (Time period of sixty minutes)
2. clock (instrument to measure or keep track of time)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian جم (jam), referring to Jamshid, a legendary ruler of ancient Iran.

Noun

جم • (cem)

1. king; prince

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 444

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒam]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäm]

Readings
Classical reading?	jam
Dari reading?	jam
Iranian reading?	jam
Tajik reading?	jam

Proper noun

جم • (jam)

1. a male given name, Jam
2. a diminutive, Jam, of the male given name جمشید (jamšid)

Derived terms

• جام جم (jâm-e jam)
• گشن‌جم (gošn-jam)

Punjabi

Etymology

From Sanskrit यम (yama, “Yama, god of death”).

Noun

جم • (jam) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਮ)

1. death

Synonyms

• مری (marī)
• موت (maut)