وام

Persian

Etymology

From ealier (āwām / âvâm), inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾpʾm /⁠abām⁠/, “loan, debt”). Compare Parthian [script needed] (ʾbʾmyh).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈwaːm/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑːm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑːm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔːm]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒːm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔm]

Readings
Classical reading^?	wām
Dari reading^?	wām
Iranian reading^?	vâm
Tajik reading^?	vom

Noun

وام • (wām / vâm) (Tajik spelling вом)

loan

References

^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “abām”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 1

[1] MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “abām”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 1

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