ازدحام

Arabic

Root
ز ح م (z ḥ m)
7 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِزْدَحَمَ (izdaḥama, “to crowd together”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iz.di.ħaːm/
Rhymes: -aːm

Noun

اِزْدِحَام • (izdiḥām) m

verbal noun of اِزْدَحَمَ (izdaḥama, “to crowd together”) (form VIII)
crowd, rush, jam
overcrowdedness

Declension

Declension of noun **اِزْدِحَام** (izdiḥām)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِزْدِحَام izdiḥām	الِازْدِحَام al-izdiḥām	اِزْدِحَام izdiḥām
nominative	اِزْدِحَامٌ izdiḥāmun	الِازْدِحَامُ al-izdiḥāmu	اِزْدِحَامُ izdiḥāmu
accusative	اِزْدِحَامًا izdiḥāman	الِازْدِحَامَ al-izdiḥāma	اِزْدِحَامَ izdiḥāma
genitive	اِزْدِحَامٍ izdiḥāmin	الِازْدِحَامِ al-izdiḥāmi	اِزْدِحَامِ izdiḥāmi

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: izdiham
→ Persian: ازدحام (ezdehâm)
→ Ottoman Turkish: ازدحام (izdihâm)
- → Turkish: izdiham

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِزْدِحَام (izdiḥām).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔiz.di.ˈhaːm/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪz.d̪e̞.ɦɑ́ːm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪz.d̪i.jɑ́ːm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔiz.d̪i.jɔ́ːm]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔez.d̪e.ɦɒ́ːm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiz.d̪i.ɦɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading^?	izdihām
Dari reading^?	izdehām
Iranian reading^?	ezdehâm
Tajik reading^?	izdihom

Noun

ازدحام • (ezdehâm)

crowd, rush, throng, swarm

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ازدحام”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ازدحام”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press