کرم
Central Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis (“worm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kər(ə)m/
Noun
| Northern Kurdish | kirm |
|---|
کرم (kirm, kirim)
Derived terms
- کرمی (kirmî)
Persian
Etymology 1
| PIE word |
|---|
| *kwŕ̥mis |
From Proto-Iranian *kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis (“worm”). Cognate with Sanskrit कृमि (kṛ́mi, “worm”), Proto-Slavic *čьrvь (“worm”), Lithuanian kirmi̇̀s (“worm”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈkiɾm/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɪɾm]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲeɹm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰiɾm]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kirm |
| Dari reading? | kirm |
| Iranian reading? | kerm |
| Tajik reading? | kirm |
Noun
| Dari | کرم |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | кирм |
کرم • (kerm)
Derived terms
- کرم ابریشم (kerm-e abrišam)
- کرم از خود درخته! (kerm az xod-e deraxt-e)
- کرم خورده (kerm xorde)
- کرم ریختن (kerm rixtan)
- کرم شبتاب (kerm-e šab-tâb)
- کرم کتاب (kerm-e ketâb)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲe.ɹem], [kʲɹem]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Iranian reading? | kerem, krem |
Noun
کرم • (kerem or krem)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ka.ˈɾam/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰä.ɾäm]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲæ.ɹæm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰä.ɾäm]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | karam |
| Dari reading? | karam |
| Iranian reading? | karam |
| Tajik reading? | karam |
Noun
| Dari | کرم |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | карам |
کرم • (karam)
Related terms
- الله کرم
Proper noun
کرم • (karam)
- a male given name
Etymology 4
| Dari | کرم |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | карам |
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ka.ˈɾam/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰä.ɾäm]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲæ.ɹæm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰä.ɾäm]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | karam |
| Dari reading? | karam |
| Iranian reading? | karam |
| Tajik reading? | karam |
Noun
کرم • (karam)
- rare form of کلم (kalam)
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈkaɾm/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰäɾm]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲæɹm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰäɾm]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | karm |
| Dari reading? | karm |
| Iranian reading? | karm |
| Tajik reading? | karm |
Noun
| Dari | کرم |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | карм |
کرم • (karm)
Etymology 6
کر (kar, “deaf”) + ـم (-am, “am”).
Persian phrasebook
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Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkʰʲæɾæm]
Phrase
کرم • (karam)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian کَرَم (karam), from Arabic كَرَم.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kə.ɾəm/
- Rhymes: -əm
- Hyphenation: کَ‧رَم
Noun
کَرَم • (karam) f (Hindi spelling करम)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | کَرَم (karam) | کَرَمیں (karamẽ) |
| oblique | کَرَم (karam) | کَرَموں (karamõ) |
| vocative | کَرَم (karam) | کَرَمو (karamo) |
Further reading
- “کرم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “کرم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کرم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “کرم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “کرم”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “کرم”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC