وام

Persian

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾpʾm /⁠abām⁠/, “loan, debt”), via Classical Persian (āwām).

Pronunciation

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

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒːm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔm]

Readings
Classical reading^?	wām
Dari reading^?	wām
Iranian reading^?	vâm
Tajik reading^?	vom

Noun

وام • (vâm)

loan

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “abām”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 1