Arabic edit

Root
ر ق م (r-q-m)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /raqm/
    • (Egyptian) IPA(key): /ra.ʔam/
    • (Gulf) IPA(key): /rə.qəm/
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /ra.ɡim/, /ra.ɡam/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /raqm/
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Noun edit

رَقْم (raqmm (plural أَرْقَام (ʔarqām))

  1. numeral, number, figure
  2. rate
  3. (sports) record
  4. (archaic) embroidery, variegation on a cloth; and the cloth itself
    Synonyms: وَشْي (wašy), فِرِنْد (firind)
  5. verbal noun of رَقَمَ (raqama) (form I)

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Verb edit

رَقَمَ (raqama) I, non-past يَرْقُمُ‎ (yarqumu) (archaic)

  1. to imprint, to mark, to dot
  2. to variegate, to figure, to decorate

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Verb edit

رَقَّمَ (raqqama) II, non-past يُرَقِّمُ‎ (yuraqqimu)

  1. to furnish with distinguishing marks, to add interpunction, diacritics or the like
  2. to furnish with numbers, to paginate, to catalogue and the like

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Hijazi Arabic edit

Root
ر ق م
1 term

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic رَقْم (raqm).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

رقِم or رقَم (ragim or ragamm (construct state رَقْم (ragm), plural أَرْقام (ʔargām))

  1. numeral, number
  2. figure
  3. digit

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic رَقَّمَ (raqqama).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

رَقَّم (raggam) II (non-past يِرَقِّم (yiraggim))

  1. to furnish with numbers, to paginate, to catalogue and the like
  2. to give a number in a flirtatious manner
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of رقم (raggam)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m رقمت (raggamt) رقمت (raggamt) رقم (raggam) رقمنا (raggamna) رقمتوا (raggamtu) رقموا (raggamu)
f رقمتي (raggamti) رقمت (raggamat)
non-past m أرقم (ʔaraggim) ترقم (tiraggim) يرقم (yiraggim) نرقم (niraggim) ترقموا (tiraggimu) يرقموا (yiraggimu)
f ترقمي (tiraggimi) ترقم (tiraggim)
imperative m رقم (raggim) رقموا (raggimu)
f رقمي (raggimi)

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic رَقْم (raqm).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? raqam
Dari reading? raqam
Iranian reading? rağam
Tajik reading? raqam

Noun edit

رقم (raqam) (plural ارقام (arqâm) or رقم‌ها (raqam-hâ))

  1. character, letter
  2. digit, number, numeral
    آخرین رقمâxerin raqamthe last digit
    اگر این ارقام دقیق باشند []
    agar in arqâm daqiq bâšand []
    If these numbers are precise []
  3. kind, sort, type
    بهترین رقم بادامbehtarin raqam-e bâdâmbest type of almond
  4. (historical) edict

Further reading edit

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “رقم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim