karam
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]karam
- The tree Adina cordifolia.
- 1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 21:
- So Prince Earth-worm secured Prince Tortoies with chains and raised the earth on his back, and in a short time there was an island in the midst of the waters. Thakur Jiu then caused a karam tree to spring up, and at the foot of the karam tree he caused sirom grass to grow. He then caused dhobi grass to spring up, after which he covered the earth with all kinds of trees and herbs. In this manner the earth became firm and stable.
- 1964, Victor Rosner, “The Marriage Ceremonies of the Telia Nagesia of Jashpur, India”, in Anthropos, volume 59, number 3:
- The bride is given a comb made locally of karam wood, bracelets, chawar, which is a braid of false hair, and a blouse
Indonesian
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Malay karam, Proto-Austronesian *kaɣəm.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]karam
- to be wrecked at sea
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “karam”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Latvian
[edit]Noun
[edit]karam m
Verb
[edit]karam
Lower Sorbian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]karam
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Verb
[edit]karam (Cyrillic spelling карам)
Turkish
[edit]Noun
[edit]karam
Usage notes
[edit]- When this word is pronounced, the stress is on the last syllable: karam. (The pronunciation with stress on the penultimate syllable, karam, means "I am [a(n)/the] land.")
Uzbek
[edit]| Arabic | Afghan Uzbek | |
|---|---|---|
| Yangi Imlo | ||
| Cyrillic | карам | |
| Latin | | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: ka‧ram
Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Chagatai کرم (krm), from Classical Persian کرم (karam), from Ancient Greek κράμβη (krámbē, “cabbage”).
Noun
[edit]karam (plural karamlar)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic كَرَم (karam, “generosity”).
Noun
[edit]karam (plural karamlar)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | karam | karamlar |
| genitive | karamning | karamlarning |
| dative | karamga | karamlarga |
| definite accusative | karamni | karamlarni |
| locative | karamda | karamlarda |
| ablative | karamdan | karamlardan |
| similative | karamdek | karamlardek |
Further reading
[edit]- “karam“ in izoh.uz
Yami
[edit]Noun
[edit]karam
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