مبهم

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ب ه م (b h m)
5 terms

Derived from the passive participle of أَبْهَمَ (ʔabhama, “to shut/lock, conceal, to make obscure”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mub.ham/

Adjective

مُبْهَم • (mubham) (feminine مُبْهَمَة (mubhama), masculine plural مُبْهَمُونَ (mubhamūna), feminine plural مُبْهَمَات (mubhamāt))

Declension

Declension of adjective **مُبْهَم** (mubham)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُبْهَم mubham	الْمُبْهَم al-mubham	مُبْهَمَة mubhama	الْمُبْهَمَة al-mubhama
nominative	مُبْهَمٌ mubhamun	الْمُبْهَمُ al-mubhamu	مُبْهَمَةٌ mubhamatun	الْمُبْهَمَةُ al-mubhamatu
accusative	مُبْهَمًا mubhaman	الْمُبْهَمَ al-mubhama	مُبْهَمَةً mubhamatan	الْمُبْهَمَةَ al-mubhamata
genitive	مُبْهَمٍ mubhamin	الْمُبْهَمِ al-mubhami	مُبْهَمَةٍ mubhamatin	الْمُبْهَمَةِ al-mubhamati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُبْهَمَيْن mubhamayn	الْمُبْهَمَيْن al-mubhamayn	مُبْهَمَتَيْن mubhamatayn	الْمُبْهَمَتَيْن al-mubhamatayn
nominative	مُبْهَمَانِ mubhamāni	الْمُبْهَمَانِ al-mubhamāni	مُبْهَمَتَانِ mubhamatāni	الْمُبْهَمَتَانِ al-mubhamatāni
accusative	مُبْهَمَيْنِ mubhamayni	الْمُبْهَمَيْنِ al-mubhamayni	مُبْهَمَتَيْنِ mubhamatayni	الْمُبْهَمَتَيْنِ al-mubhamatayni
genitive	مُبْهَمَيْنِ mubhamayni	الْمُبْهَمَيْنِ al-mubhamayni	مُبْهَمَتَيْنِ mubhamatayni	الْمُبْهَمَتَيْنِ al-mubhamatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُبْهَمِين mubhamīn	الْمُبْهَمِين al-mubhamīn	مُبْهَمَات mubhamāt	الْمُبْهَمَات al-mubhamāt
nominative	مُبْهَمُونَ mubhamūna	الْمُبْهَمُونَ al-mubhamūna	مُبْهَمَاتٌ mubhamātun	الْمُبْهَمَاتُ al-mubhamātu
accusative	مُبْهَمِينَ mubhamīna	الْمُبْهَمِينَ al-mubhamīna	مُبْهَمَاتٍ mubhamātin	الْمُبْهَمَاتِ al-mubhamāti
genitive	مُبْهَمِينَ mubhamīna	الْمُبْهَمِينَ al-mubhamīna	مُبْهَمَاتٍ mubhamātin	الْمُبْهَمَاتِ al-mubhamāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: mübhəm
→ Ottoman Turkish: مبهم (mübhem)
- → Turkish: müphem
→ Persian: مبهم (mobham)
→ Tajik: мубҳам (mubham)
→ Uzbek: mubham

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُبْهَم (mubham).

Adjective

مبهم • (mübhem)

vague, unclear, obscure

Descendants

Turkish: müphem

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُبْهَم (mubham).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mub.ˈham/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊb.hǽm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.bǽm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.bǽm]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mob.hǽm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mub.hǽm]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mubham
Dari reading^?	mubham
Iranian reading^?	mobham
Tajik reading^?	mubham

Adjective

مبهم • (mubham / mobham) (Tajik spelling мубҳам)

mysterious, unknown
Synonyms: ناروشن (nâ-rowšan), مرموز (marmuz)
- c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎^[1]:
  حدیث مبهم و مشکل بدو گشاده شود
  اگر ندانی رو پرس مشکل و مبهم
  hadīs-i mubham u muškil bad-ō gušāda šawad
  agar na-dānī raw purs muškil u mubham
  Mysterious and difficult tales are revealed to him;
  Should you not know, go and ask [him] of the difficult and the mysterious.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
vague, obscure
― alâ'em-e mobham ― obscure symptoms

Related terms

ابهام (ebhâm)