See also: جم, حم, and چم

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Verb edit

خَمَّ (ḵamma) I, non-past يَخِمُّ or يَخُمُّ‎ (yaḵimmu or yaḵummu)

  1. to become stinking, to get rotten, to acquire a foul smell
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Noun edit

خَمّ (ḵammm

  1. verbal noun of خَمَّ (ḵamma) (form I)
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Etymology 2 edit

See ق م م (q-m-m) with this meaning.

Verb edit

خَمَّ (ḵamma) I, non-past يَخُمُّ‎ (yaḵummu)

  1. to sweep, to scoop
Conjugation edit

Noun edit

خَمّ (ḵammm

  1. verbal noun of خَمَّ (ḵamma) (form I)
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Etymology 3 edit

From Persian خم (xom).

Noun edit

خُمّ (ḵummm (plural أَخْمَام (ʔaḵmām))

  1. coop for domestic birds to be fattened, pen for poultry, brooding cage, henhouse, pigeon’s home and the like
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Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Presumably related چمیدن (čamidan, to twist, bend), چفته (čaftah, curved, bent; vaulted roof), from Proto-Iranian *čámpati ~ *kapánti (to bend), ultimately of unknown origin. Cognate with Parthian 𐫗𐫐𐫖𐫁𐫏𐫅 (nkmbyd /⁠rikambēd⁠/, to bend).

Adjective edit

خم (xam)

  1. bent
  2. crooked
  3. curved

Noun edit

خم (xam)

  1. bend
  2. curve

Etymology 2 edit

From Classical Persian خنب (xunb), خمب (xomb), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwmb'), 𐫟𐫇𐫖𐫁 (xwmb /⁠xumb⁠/, jug, pitcher).

Noun edit

خم (xom)

  1. cask, vat, jug