See also: كرم and گرم

Central Kurdish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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کرم (kirm, kirim)

  1. worm

Persian

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Etymology 1

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PIE word
*kwŕ̥mis

From Proto-Iranian *kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis (worm). Cognate with Sanskrit कृमि (kṛ́mi, worm), Proto-Slavic *čьrvь (worm), Lithuanian kirmìs (worm).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? kirm
Dari reading? kirm
Iranian reading? kerm
Tajik reading? kirm

Noun

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Dari کرم
Iranian Persian
Tajik кирм

کرم (kerm)

  1. worm
  2. (computing) worm
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From French crème.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Iranian reading? kerem, krem

Noun

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کرم (kerem or krem)

  1. cream (dairy product)
  2. lotion

Etymology 3

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From Arabic كَرَم (karam).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? karam
Dari reading? karam
Iranian reading? karam
Tajik reading? karam

Noun

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Dari کرم
Iranian Persian
Tajik карам

کرم (karam)

  1. bounty
  2. generosity
  3. magnificence
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Proper noun

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کرم (karam)

  1. a male given name

Etymology 4

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Dari کرم
Iranian Persian
Tajik карам

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? karam
Dari reading? karam
Iranian reading? karam
Tajik reading? karam

Noun

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کرم (karam)

  1. Rare form of کلم (kalam).

Etymology 5

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From Arabic كَرْم (karm).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? karm
Dari reading? karm
Iranian reading? karm
Tajik reading? karm

Noun

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Dari کرم
Iranian Persian
Tajik карм

کرم (karm)

  1. (rare) grape, vine

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian کَرَم (karam), from Arabic كَرَم.

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Noun

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کَرَم (karamf (Hindi spelling करम)

  1. grace; generosity
  2. kindness
  3. (figuratively) honour; decency
  4. bravery

Declension

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Declension of کرم
singular plural
direct کَرَم (karam) کَرَمیں (karamẽ)
oblique کَرَم (karam) کَرَموں (karamõ)
vocative کَرَم (karam) کَرَمو (karamo)

Further reading

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  • کرم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • کرم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کرم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884) “کرم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “کرم”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “کرم”, 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