See also: ق و م

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ق و م (q w m)
28 terms

Compare قَامَ (qāma, to rise).

Verb

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قَوَّمَ (qawwama) II (non-past يُقَوِّمُ (yuqawwimu), verbal noun تَقْوِيم (taqwīm))

  1. (transitive) to raise
  2. (transitive) to evaluate
  3. (transitive) to adjust
Conjugation
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Conjugation of قَوَّمَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَقْوِيم)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر
تَقْوِيم
taqwīm
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل
مُقَوِّم
muqawwim
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول
مُقَوَّم
muqawwam
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد
dual
الْمُثَنَّى
plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي
m قَوَّمْتُ
qawwamtu
قَوَّمْتَ
qawwamta
قَوَّمَ
qawwama
قَوَّمْتُمَا
qawwamtumā
قَوَّمَا
qawwamā
قَوَّمْنَا
qawwamnā
قَوَّمْتُمْ
qawwamtum
قَوَّمُوا
qawwamū
f قَوَّمْتِ
qawwamti
قَوَّمَتْ
qawwamat
قَوَّمَتَا
qawwamatā
قَوَّمْتُنَّ
qawwamtunna
قَوَّمْنَ
qawwamna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع
m أُقَوِّمُ
ʔuqawwimu
تُقَوِّمُ
tuqawwimu
يُقَوِّمُ
yuqawwimu
تُقَوِّمَانِ
tuqawwimāni
يُقَوِّمَانِ
yuqawwimāni
نُقَوِّمُ
nuqawwimu
تُقَوِّمُونَ
tuqawwimūna
يُقَوِّمُونَ
yuqawwimūna
f تُقَوِّمِينَ
tuqawwimīna
تُقَوِّمُ
tuqawwimu
تُقَوِّمَانِ
tuqawwimāni
تُقَوِّمْنَ
tuqawwimna
يُقَوِّمْنَ
yuqawwimna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب
m أُقَوِّمَ
ʔuqawwima
تُقَوِّمَ
tuqawwima
يُقَوِّمَ
yuqawwima
تُقَوِّمَا
tuqawwimā
يُقَوِّمَا
yuqawwimā
نُقَوِّمَ
nuqawwima
تُقَوِّمُوا
tuqawwimū
يُقَوِّمُوا
yuqawwimū
f تُقَوِّمِي
tuqawwimī
تُقَوِّمَ
tuqawwima
تُقَوِّمَا
tuqawwimā
تُقَوِّمْنَ
tuqawwimna
يُقَوِّمْنَ
yuqawwimna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم
m أُقَوِّمْ
ʔuqawwim
تُقَوِّمْ
tuqawwim
يُقَوِّمْ
yuqawwim
تُقَوِّمَا
tuqawwimā
يُقَوِّمَا
yuqawwimā
نُقَوِّمْ
nuqawwim
تُقَوِّمُوا
tuqawwimū
يُقَوِّمُوا
yuqawwimū
f تُقَوِّمِي
tuqawwimī
تُقَوِّمْ
tuqawwim
تُقَوِّمَا
tuqawwimā
تُقَوِّمْنَ
tuqawwimna
يُقَوِّمْنَ
yuqawwimna
imperative
الْأَمْر
m قَوِّمْ
qawwim
قَوِّمَا
qawwimā
قَوِّمُوا
qawwimū
f قَوِّمِي
qawwimī
قَوِّمْنَ
qawwimna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد
dual
الْمُثَنَّى
plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي
m قُوِّمْتُ
quwwimtu
قُوِّمْتَ
quwwimta
قُوِّمَ
quwwima
قُوِّمْتُمَا
quwwimtumā
قُوِّمَا
quwwimā
قُوِّمْنَا
quwwimnā
قُوِّمْتُمْ
quwwimtum
قُوِّمُوا
quwwimū
f قُوِّمْتِ
quwwimti
قُوِّمَتْ
quwwimat
قُوِّمَتَا
quwwimatā
قُوِّمْتُنَّ
quwwimtunna
قُوِّمْنَ
quwwimna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع
m أُقَوَّمُ
ʔuqawwamu
تُقَوَّمُ
tuqawwamu
يُقَوَّمُ
yuqawwamu
تُقَوَّمَانِ
tuqawwamāni
يُقَوَّمَانِ
yuqawwamāni
نُقَوَّمُ
nuqawwamu
تُقَوَّمُونَ
tuqawwamūna
يُقَوَّمُونَ
yuqawwamūna
f تُقَوَّمِينَ
tuqawwamīna
تُقَوَّمُ
tuqawwamu
تُقَوَّمَانِ
tuqawwamāni
تُقَوَّمْنَ
tuqawwamna
يُقَوَّمْنَ
yuqawwamna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب
m أُقَوَّمَ
ʔuqawwama
تُقَوَّمَ
tuqawwama
يُقَوَّمَ
yuqawwama
تُقَوَّمَا
tuqawwamā
يُقَوَّمَا
yuqawwamā
نُقَوَّمَ
nuqawwama
تُقَوَّمُوا
tuqawwamū
يُقَوَّمُوا
yuqawwamū
f تُقَوَّمِي
tuqawwamī
تُقَوَّمَ
tuqawwama
تُقَوَّمَا
tuqawwamā
تُقَوَّمْنَ
tuqawwamna
يُقَوَّمْنَ
yuqawwamna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم
m أُقَوَّمْ
ʔuqawwam
تُقَوَّمْ
tuqawwam
يُقَوَّمْ
yuqawwam
تُقَوَّمَا
tuqawwamā
يُقَوَّمَا
yuqawwamā
نُقَوَّمْ
nuqawwam
تُقَوَّمُوا
tuqawwamū
يُقَوَّمُوا
yuqawwamū
f تُقَوَّمِي
tuqawwamī
تُقَوَّمْ
tuqawwam
تُقَوَّمَا
tuqawwamā
تُقَوَّمْنَ
tuqawwamna
يُقَوَّمْنَ
yuqawwamna
References
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  • Mace, John (2007) “قوم”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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قَوْم (qawmm

  1. verbal noun of قَامَ (qāma, to get up) (form I)
  2. standing up, rising, placing upright, remaining, abiding
  3. state, polity
Declension
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Declension of noun قَوْم (qawm)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal قَوْم
qawm
الْقَوْم
al-qawm
قَوْم
qawm
nominative قَوْمٌ
qawmun
الْقَوْمُ
al-qawmu
قَوْمُ
qawmu
accusative قَوْمًا
qawman
الْقَوْمَ
al-qawma
قَوْمَ
qawma
genitive قَوْمٍ
qawmin
الْقَوْمِ
al-qawmi
قَوْمِ
qawmi
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Noun

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قَوْم (qawmm (plural أَقْوَام (ʔaqwām))

  1. people, nation, tribe, folk
  2. some people, someone, a certain
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:21:
      فَخَرَجَ مِنْهَا خَائِفًا يَتَرَقَّبُ قَالَ رَبِّ نَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
      faḵaraja minhā ḵāʔifan yataraqqabu qāla rabbi najjinī mina l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīna
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  3. (group of) men
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 49:11:
      يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِّن قَوْمٍ عَسَىٰ أَن يَكُونُوا خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَاءٌ مِّن نِّسَاءٍ عَسَىٰ أَن يَكُنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُنَّ
      yā ʔayyuhā llaḏīna ʔāmanū lā yasḵar qawmun min qawmin ʕasā ʔan yakūnū ḵayran minhum walā nisāʔun min nisāʔin ʕasā ʔan yakunna ḵayran minhunna
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  4. family
  5. sect
Declension
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Declension of noun قَوْم (qawm)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal قَوْم
qawm
الْقَوْم
al-qawm
قَوْم
qawm
nominative قَوْمٌ
qawmun
الْقَوْمُ
al-qawmu
قَوْمُ
qawmu
accusative قَوْمًا
qawman
الْقَوْمَ
al-qawma
قَوْمَ
qawma
genitive قَوْمٍ
qawmin
الْقَوْمِ
al-qawmi
قَوْمِ
qawmi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal قَوْمَيْن
qawmayn
الْقَوْمَيْن
al-qawmayn
قَوْمَيْ
qawmay
nominative قَوْمَانِ
qawmāni
الْقَوْمَانِ
al-qawmāni
قَوْمَا
qawmā
accusative قَوْمَيْنِ
qawmayni
الْقَوْمَيْنِ
al-qawmayni
قَوْمَيْ
qawmay
genitive قَوْمَيْنِ
qawmayni
الْقَوْمَيْنِ
al-qawmayni
قَوْمَيْ
qawmay
plural basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal أَقْوَام
ʔaqwām
الْأَقْوَام
al-ʔaqwām
أَقْوَام
ʔaqwām
nominative أَقْوَامٌ
ʔaqwāmun
الْأَقْوَامُ
al-ʔaqwāmu
أَقْوَامُ
ʔaqwāmu
accusative أَقْوَامًا
ʔaqwāman
الْأَقْوَامَ
al-ʔaqwāma
أَقْوَامَ
ʔaqwāma
genitive أَقْوَامٍ
ʔaqwāmin
الْأَقْوَامِ
al-ʔaqwāmi
أَقْوَامِ
ʔaqwāmi
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  • Azerbaijani: qövm, qohum
  • Kazakh: қауым (qauym)
  • Ottoman Turkish: قوم (kavm, kavim)
  • Persian: قوم
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਕੌਮ (kaum)
      Shahmukhi script: قوم (kaum)
  • Uyghur: قوۋم (qowm)
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Adjective

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قُوَّم (quwwam)

  1. inflection of قَائِم (qāʔim):
    1. masculine plural
    2. feminine plural

Azerbaijani

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Noun

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قۇم

  1. Arabic spelling of qum (sand)

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Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic قَوَّم (qawwam).

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Verb

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قوم (gawwam) II (non-past يِقَوِّم (yimawwit), verbal noun تَقْويم (tagwīm))

  1. to awaken
    Synonym: صَحَّى (ṣaḥḥa)
  2. to rise up
  3. to erect
Conjugation
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Conjugation of قوم
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قومت (gawwamt) قومت (gawwamt) قوم (gawwam) قومنا (gawwamna) قومتوا (gawwamtu) قوموا (gawwamu)
f قومتي (gawwamti) قومت (gawwamat)
non-past m أقوم (ʔagawwim) تقوم (tigawwim) يقوم (yigawwim) نقوم (nigawwim) تقوموا (tigawwimu) يقوموا (yigawwimu)
f تقومي (tigawwimi) تقوم (tigawwim)
imperative m قوم (gawwim) قوموا (gawwimu)
f قومي (gawwimi)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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قوم (gūm)

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of قام (gām)

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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قوم (gawwim)

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of قَوِّم (gawwam)

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic قَوَّمَ (qawwama).

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Verb

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قوم (qawwam) II (non-past يقوم (yqawwam))

  1. (transitive) to evaluate
Conjugation
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Conjugation of قوم
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قوّمت (qawwamt) قوّمتي (qawwamti) قوّم (qawwam) قوّمنا (qawwamna) قوّمتوا (qawwamtu) قوّموا (qawwmu)
f قوّمت (qawwmāt)
non-past m نقوّم (nqawwam) تقوّم (tqawwam) يقوّم (yqawwam) نقوّموا (nqawwmu) تقوّموا (tqawwmu) يقوّموا (yqawwmu)
f تقوّمي (tqawwmi) تقوّم (tqawwam)
imperative m قوّم (qawwam) قوّموا (qawwmu)
f قوّمي (qawwmi)

Etymology 2

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From Arabic قَوْم (qawm).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قَوْم or قُوم (qawm or qūmm (plural أقوام (ʔaqwām))

  1. people, nation

Ottoman Turkish

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قوم

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kum (sand); cognate with Azerbaijani qum, Bashkir ҡом (qom), Kazakh құм (qūm), Kyrgyz кум (kum), Nogai кум (kum), Southern Altai кум (kum), Turkmen gum, Uyghur قۇم (qum) and Uzbek qum.

Noun

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قوم (kum) (definite accusative قومی (kumu), plural قوملر (kumlar))

  1. sand, rock that is ground more finely than gravel, forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction
    Synonyms: رمل (reml), ریك (rig)
  2. gravel, chisel, a type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics
    Synonym: چاقل (çakıl)
  3. (medicine) gravel, kidney stones, nephrolith, a deposit of calculous concretions in the kidneys and the bladder
    Synonym: مثانه قومی (mesane kumu)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic قَوْم (qawm, people, nation, tribe).

Noun

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قوم (kavm or kavim) (definite accusative قومی (kavmi), plural اقوام (akvâm))

  1. people, nation, a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, ethnicity and culture
    Synonyms: ایل (il, el), ملت (millet)
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Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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قوم (kom) (definite accusative قومی (komu), plural قوملر (komlar))

  1. inn or shelter situated on the side of a road, usually built with tree branches or mud
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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قَوْم (qawm).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? qawm
Dari reading? qawm
Iranian reading? ġowm
Tajik reading? qavm

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Dari قوم
Iranian Persian
Tajik қавм

قُوْم (qowm) (plural اقوام (aqvâm))

  1. people, nation, tribe
    • 1048-1131, Omar Khayyám, Rubáiyát
      قومی متفکرند اندر ره دینqowm-i motefakker-and andar rah-e din(please add an English translation of this quotation)
      قومی به گمان فتاده در راه یقینqowm-i be-gamân fetâde dar râh-e yaqin(please add an English translation of this quotation)
      می‌ترسم از آنکه بانگ آید روزیmi-tarsam az ân-ke bâng âyad ruzi(please add an English translation of this quotation)
      کای بی‌خبران راه نه آنست و نه اینkey bi-xabarân! râh na ân-ast o na in(please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. ethnic group

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  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਕੌਮ (kaum)
    Shahmukhi script: قوم (kaum)

Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قَوْم (qawm).

Noun

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قَوم (qaumf (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੌਮ)

  1. nation, people

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قَوْم (qawm).

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قَوم (qaumf (formal plural اقوام, Hindi spelling क़ौम)

  1. nation
    بابائے قَومbābāe qaumfather of the nation
  2. people, community
    قَومِ لُوطqaum-i lūtpeople of Lot
  3. race

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References

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  • Platts, John T. (1884) “قوم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • قوم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “قوم”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC