See also: کارم

Arabic edit

Root
ك ر م (k-r-m)

Etymology 1 edit

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb كَرُمَ (karuma, to become noble, to become generous).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

كَرِيم (karīm) (common plural كِرَام (kirām), masculine plural كَرِيمُونَ (karīmūna) or أَكْرِمَاء (ʔakrimāʔ) or كُرَمَاء (kuramāʔ), feminine plural كَرِيمَات (karīmāt) or كَرَائِم (karāʔim), elative أَكْرَم (ʔakram))

  1. noble, noble-minded, beneficent, kind, gracious
    • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi
      إِذَا أَنْتَ أَكْرَمْتَ الْكَرِيمَ مَلَكْتَهُ / وَإِنْ أَنْتَ أَكْرَمْتَ اللَّئِيمَ تَمَرَّدَا
      ʔiḏā ʔanta ʔakramta al-karīma malaktahu / waʔin ʔanta ʔakramta l-laʔīma tamarradā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    Synonym: نَبِيل (nabīl)
    Antonym: لَئِيم (laʔīm)
  2. generous, liberal
    Synonym: سَخِيّ (saḵiyy)
    Antonym: بَخِيل (baḵīl)
    كَرِيمٌ هُوَ الَّذِي يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَى الآخَرِينَ وَيَسَاعِدُهُمْ بِكُلِّ مَا يَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَيْهِ.
    karīmun huwa allaḏī yastamiʕu ʔilā l-ʔāḵarīna wayasāʕiduhum bikulli mā yaḥtājūna ʔilayhi.
    He is generous, as he listens to others and helps them with everything they need.
  3. venerable, honored
  4. precious
    حَجَرٌ كَرِيمٌḥajarun karīmunprecious stone
  5. (definite) a title of God in Islam
  6. a kind of turtledove
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Proper noun edit

كَرِيم (karīmm

  1. a male given name, Karim or Kareem
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from French crème.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kriːm/, /kreːm/, /ke.reːm/

Noun edit

كْرِيم or كِرِيم or كْرِيم (krēm or kerēm or krīmm (plural كْرِيمَات (krēmāt) or كِرِيمَات (kerēmāt) or كْرِيمَات (krīmāt))

  1. cream
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References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “كريم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN