دوام

Arabic

Root
د و م (d w m)
12 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of دَامَ (dāma).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da.waːm/

Noun

دَوَام • (dawām) m

verbal noun of دَامَ (dāma) (form I)
endurance, continuation, persistence
permanence
دَوَامُ الْحَالِ مِنَ الْمُحَالِ.
dawāmu al-ḥāli mina l-muḥāli.
nothing stays the same forever
working hours

Declension

Declension of noun **دَوَام** (dawām)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	دَوَام dawām	الدَّوَام ad-dawām	دَوَام dawām
nominative	دَوَامٌ dawāmun	الدَّوَامُ ad-dawāmu	دَوَامُ dawāmu
accusative	دَوَامًا dawāman	الدَّوَامَ ad-dawāma	دَوَامَ dawāma
genitive	دَوَامٍ dawāmin	الدَّوَامِ ad-dawāmi	دَوَامِ dawāmi

Descendants

Gulf Arabic: دوام (dawām)
→ Bashkir: дауам (dawam)
→ Tatar: дәвам (däwam)
→ Persian: دوام
- → Azerbaijani: davam
- → Ottoman Turkish: دوام
  - Turkish: devam
→ Swahili: dawamu
→ Turkmen: dowam
→ Uyghur: داۋام (dawam)
→ Uzbek: davom

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “دوام”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic دَوَام (dawām).

Pronunciation

(Kuwait) IPA^(key): /dəˈwɑːm/

Noun

دوام • (dawām) m

work, occupation, or, less often, school.
وين دوامچ؟ ― wēn dawāmič? ― Where do you work?
(archaic) permanent existence; immortality through time
الدوام لله ― ad-dawām lillāh ― permanent existence is (only) for God

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَوَام (dawām).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /da.ˈwaːm/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɑːm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɑːm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɔːm]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æ.vɒːm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.vɔm]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dawām
Dari reading^?	dawām
Iranian reading^?	davâm
Tajik reading^?	davom

Noun

دَوام • (davâm)

durability; durableness
― xâne bâ davâm ― durable house
enduring; persisting; immortality through time
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 11”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎^[2]:
  هرگز نمیرد آن که دلش زنده شد به عشق
  ثبت است بر جریدهٔ عالم دوام ما
  hargiz na-mīrad ān ki dil-aš zinda šud ba išq
  sabt ast bar jarīda-yi ālam dawām-i mā
  He whose heart lives in love shall never die;
  On the world’s account-book, our immortality is registered.
  (romanization in Classical Persian)

Derived terms

دوام آوردن (davâm âvordan)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
د و م
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic دَوَام (dawām).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da.waːm/, [daˈwæːm], [daˈwaːm]
Audio (Amman): (file)

Noun

دوام • (dawām) m

workday, work hours, office hours