آوام
Persian
Alternative forms
- اوان (āwān / âvân)
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian ʾwbʾm (āwām, “time, season”), compare Manichaean Middle Persian ʾwʾm, ʾʾwʾm (āwām, “time, space of time; age, epoch; point of time, occasion”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔaː.ˈwaːm/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.wɑ́ːm]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒː.vɒ́ːm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔ.vɔ́m]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | āwām |
| Dari reading? | āwām |
| Iranian reading? | âvâm |
| Tajik reading? | ovom |
Noun
آوام • (āwām / âvâm) (plural آوامها (āwām-hā / âvâm-hâ), Tajik spelling овом)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “āwām”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “ʾwʾm”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈwaːm/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [wɑːm]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [vɒːm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [vɔm]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | wām |
| Dari reading? | wām |
| Iranian reading? | vâm |
| Tajik reading? | vom |
Noun
آوام • (āwām / âvâm) (Tajik spelling овом)