ام

See also: امـ, أم, إم, and آم

Alviri-Vidari

Determiner

ام (am)

  1. this

Arabic

Article

ام • (am-)

  1. dialectal form of اَلْ (al-)
    • Hadith
      لَيْسَ مِنْ اَمْبِرِّ امْصِيَامُ فِي امْسَفَر
      laysa min am-birri m-ṣiyāmu fī m-safar
      It is not necessary to fast during the journey

Burushaski

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu آم (ām)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aːm]

Noun

ام (aam)

  1. mango

References

  • Bechtholdt, Astrid (2025) “am”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *em.

Noun

اَمْ • (em) (definite accusative امی (emi), plural املر (emler))

  1. (medicine) cure, remedy, medicine, treatment; an application, medicine, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
    Synonyms: چاره (çāre), دوا (devā), علاج (ʼilāc), درمان (dermān)
    Antonyms: سم (sem), اغو (aġu), زهر (zehr)
    ام ايلمك ― em eylemek ― to make a cure
  2. ointment; a viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.
  3. (figurative) solution, remedy
    Synonyms: چاره (çāre), دوا (devā), درمان (dermān)

Derived terms

  • ام ایتمك (em ẹtmek, “to heal”)
  • امجی (emci, “doctor”)
  • امجی سمجی (emci semci, “doctor”)
  • امسز (emsüz, “uncurable”)
  • امسم (emsem, “remedy”)
  • املمك (emlemek, “to cure”)
  • املو (emlü, “beneficial, useful”)
  • امه سمه یراممق (eme seme yaramamaq, “to be useless”)

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: ام (em)
    • Turkish: (dialectal) em

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 253
  • “em”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977
  • Çetin, Hasan Ali (2020) “em”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Eczacılık ve Tıp Terimleri Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Pharmacy and Medicine Dictionary] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1365)‎[2], 2025 edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, →ISBN, page 100
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