rasm

Borrowed from Arabic رَسْم (rasm).

• IPA^(key): /ɹæzəm/
• Rhymes: -æzəm

rasm

1. The base shape of an Arabic-script letter, without dots that distinguish it from other letters.
   • 2017, J. R. Osborn, Letters of Light:

     Higher layers flesh out rasm; they provide body, specificity, and personality. Milo labels these shapes “archigraphemes,” the foundational structures on which graphemes are built. Although the Arabic abjad consists of twenty-eight letters, […]

2. A style of Arabic writing that omits these dots, often used in the early centuries of Classical Arabic literature (7th–11th centuries).

• M.R.A.S., ASMR, Rams, Masr, AMRs, ASRM, arms, MARS, ARMs, mars, S/MAR, MRAs, SARM, MRSA, mas'r, Mars, MSAR, RAMs, SRAM, rams

From Pre-Palauan *racum, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaʀum, from Proto-Austronesian *zaʀum. Cognate with Paiwan djaum, Cebuano dagum, Malay jarum, Eastern Cham ꨎꨣꨭꩌ (jarum).

• IPA^(key): /ɾasm/

rasm

1. needle