Arabic edit

Root
ر م ز (r-m-z)

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Hebrew רֶמֶז (rémez, signal, clue).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ramz/
  • (file)

Noun edit

رَمْز (ramzm (plural رُمُوز (rumūz))

  1. symbol, emblem
    Synonyms: إِشَارَة (ʔišāra), عَلَامَة (ʕalāma)
  2. cipher, code
    Synonyms: جَفْر (jafr), شَفْرَة (šafra)
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Azerbaijani: rəmz
  • Chagatai: رمز
    • > Uzbek: ramz (inherited)
  • Persian: رمز
  • Ottoman Turkish: رمز (remz)

(via plural form رُمُوز (rumūz))

  • Ottoman Turkish: رموز (rumûz)
    • > Turkish: rumuz (inherited)

Etymology 2 edit

Compare Hebrew רָמַז (ramáz, to signal, to hint).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

رَمَزَ (ramaza) I, non-past يَرْمُزُ or يَرْمِزُ‎ (yarmuzu or yarmizu)

  1. to make a sign, to point towards [+ إِلَى (object)]
  2. to jump, to leap, to hop
Conjugation edit

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

رَمَّزَ (rammaza) II, non-past يُرَمِّزُ‎ (yurammizu)

  1. to incinerate
  2. to encode
Conjugation edit

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic رَمْز (ramz).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? ramz
Dari reading? ramz
Iranian reading? ramz
Tajik reading? ramz

Noun edit

رمز (ramz) (plural رمزها (ramz-hâ) or رموز (romuz))

  1. cipher, code
  2. mystery, riddle

Derived terms edit