مهيم

Arabic

Etymology

Uncertain. Maybe from Old South Arabian. Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya suggests it is a blend of ما +‎ هذا +‎ يا +‎ امرؤ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mah.jam/

Interjection

مَهْيَم • (mahyam)

  1. (obsolete) how do you do.
    • 2004 January 1, Ibn al-Jawzi, كشف المشكل لابن الجوزي على صحيح البخاري, Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah:
      قال ﷺ يسأل عبد الرحمن بن عوف لما رآه متطيبا: مهيم يا عبد الرحمن؟ قال تزوجت امرأة من الأنصار.
      The prophet peace be upon him asked Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf when he saw him wearing perfume: How do you do, Abdulrahman? "I married an Ansari woman", he replied.

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