خصام

Verbal noun of خَصَمَ (ḵaṣama) and خَصِمَ (ḵaṣima).

• IPA^(key): /xi.sˤaːm/

خِصَام • (ḵiṣām) m

1. verbal noun of خَصَمَ (ḵaṣama) (form I)
2. dispute, argument
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 43:18:

     أَوَمَن يُنَشَّؤُا۟ فِى ٱلْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِينٍۢ

     ˹Do they attribute to Him˺ those who are brought up in fineries and are not commanding in disputes?

3. animosity, antagonism

• → Ottoman Turkish: خصام (hisam)