مهم

Arabic

Root
ه م م (h-m-m)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of أَهَمَّ (ʔahamma, “to be important”), from the root ه م م (h-m-m); compare هَامّ (hāmm, “important”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.himm/
  • (file)

Adjective

مُهِمّ • (muhimm) (feminine مُهِمَّة (muhimma), masculine plural مُهِمُّونَ (muhimmūna), feminine plural مُهِمَّات (muhimmāt))

  1. important

Declension

Descendants

  • → Persian: مهم (mohemm)
    • → Azerbaijani: mühüm
    • → Bashkir: мөһим (möhim, “important”)
    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: मुहिम (muhim)
      Urdu: مہم (muhim)
    • → Marathi: मोहीम (mohīm)
    • → Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਹਿੰਮ (muhimm)
      Shahmukhi script: مُہم (muhm)
    • → Tatar: мөһим (möhim)
  • → Swahili: muhimu
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مهم (mühim)
  • → Uyghur: مۇھىم (muhim)
  • → Uzbek: muhim

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مُهِمّ (muhimm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mohem/

Adjective

مهم • (mohimm)

  1. interesting
  2. important

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُهِمّ (muhimm).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mo̞.ɦɪmm]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mʊ.jɪmm]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mu.jimm]

Readings
Classical reading? muhimm
Dari reading? mohimm
Iranian reading? mohemm
Tajik reading? muhimm

Noun

Dari مهم
Iranian Persian
Tajik муҳим

مُهِمّ • (mohemm)

  1. important task, important affair
    • 12th century, Ibn al-Balkhi, the Fârs-nâme:
      و این مهم که من پیش می‌گیرم لشکرها را با خویشتن نخواهم بردن جز اندکی.
      va in mohemm ke man piš mi-giram laškar-hâ-râ bâ xištan na-xâham bordan joz andak-i.
      And [in] this important affair that I am engaging in, I will not take armies with me, save a few [men].

Adjective

Dari مهم
Iranian Persian
Tajik муҳим

مهم • (mohemm) (comparative مهم‌تَر (mohemm-tar), superlative مهم‌تَرین (mohemm-tarin))

  1. important

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: mühüm
  • → Bashkir: мөһим (möhim, “important”)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: मुहिम (muhim)
    Urdu: مہم (muhim)
  • → Marathi: मोहीम (mohīm)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਹਿੰਮ (muhimm)
    Shahmukhi script: مُہم (muhm)
  • → Tatar: мөһим (möhim)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ه م م
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مُهِمّ (muhimm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.himm/, [muˈhɪm]
  • (file)

Adjective

مهمّ • (muhemm) (feminine مهمّة (muhimme), common plural مهمّين (muhimmīn), elative أهمّ (ʔahamm))

  1. important

Derived terms

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