زكام

See also: ركام

Arabic

Root
ز ك م (z k m)
1 term

Etymology

فُعَال (fuʕāl)-type verbal-noun from the verb زَكَمَ (zakama, “to get a cold”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zu.kaːm/

Noun

زُكَام • (zukām) m (uncountable)

  1. common cold, cold

Declension

Declension of noun زُكَام (zukām)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal زُكَام
zukām 		الزُّكَام
az-zukām 		زُكَام
zukām
nominative زُكَامٌ
zukāmun 		الزُّكَامُ
az-zukāmu 		زُكَامُ
zukāmu
accusative زُكَامًا
zukāman 		الزُّكَامَ
az-zukāma 		زُكَامَ
zukāma
genitive زُكَامٍ
zukāmin 		الزُّكَامِ
az-zukāmi 		زُكَامِ
zukāmi

Descendants

  • → Ottoman Turkish: زكام
    • Turkish: zükâm
    • → Albanian: zyqam
  • → Persian: زكام

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زُكَام (zukām, “cold, catarrh”).

Noun

زكام • (zükâm)

  1. cold, a common viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever
    Synonyms: صوغوق (soğuk), طوماغی (tumağı), نزله (nezle)

Derived terms

  • زكاملو (zükâmlı, “suffering from a cold”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: zükâm
  • → Albanian: zyqam

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