ام الفحم

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أُمّ الْفَحْم (ʔumm al-faḥm). Equivalent to إمّ (ʔimm) +‎ الفحم (il-faḥm), literally “mother of the coal”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔimm il.faħm/, [ˌʔɪm.m‿ɪl.ˈfa.ħ(ɪ)m]

Proper noun

إمّ الفحم • (ʔimm il-faḥm) f

  1. Umm al-Fahm (a city in Israel)
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