سقوم

Arabic

Noun

سَقُوم • (saqūm) m (collective)

  1. Algeria form of سَوْقَم (sawqam, sycomore)
Declension

References

Etymology 2

From Classical Syriac ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡܵܐ (sēqōmā), from Ancient Greek σήκωμᾰ (sḗkōma).

Noun

سَقُوم • (saqūm) m (collective)

  1. (obsolete, Syria, Yemen) a literal counterbalance, counterpoise, standard weight
Declension

References

  • Toll, Christopher (1969) “Einige metrologische und metallurgische Termini im Arabischen”, in Orientalia Suecana (in German), volume 18, pages 149–151, with three quotes
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