کرم

See also: كرم and گرم

Central Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kər(ə)m/

Noun

کرم (kirm, kirim)

  1. worm

Persian

Etymology 1

PIE word
*kwŕ̥mis

From Proto-Iranian *kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis (worm). Cognate with Sanskrit कृमि (kṛ́mi, worm), Proto-Slavic *čьrvь (worm), Lithuanian kirmìs (worm).

Noun

Dari کرم
Iranian Persian
Tajik кирм

کرم • (kerm)

  1. worm
  2. (computing) worm
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From French crème.

Noun

کرم • (kerem or krem)

  1. cream (dairy product)
  2. lotion

Etymology 3

From Arabic كَرَم (karam).

Noun

Dari کرم
Iranian Persian
Tajik карам

کرم • (karam)

  1. bounty
  2. generosity
  3. magnificence
  • الله کرم

Proper noun

کرم • (karam)

  1. a male given name

Etymology 4

Dari کرم
Iranian Persian
Tajik карам

Noun

کرم • (karam)

  1. Rare form of کلم (kalam).

Etymology 5

From Arabic كَرْم (karm).

Noun

Dari کرم
Iranian Persian
Tajik карм

کرم • (karm)

  1. (rare) grape, vine

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کَرَم (karam), from Arabic كَرَم.

Pronunciation

Noun

کَرَم • (karam) f (Hindi spelling करम)

  1. grace; generosity
  2. kindness
  3. (figuratively) honour; decency
  4. bravery

Declension

Declension of کرم
singular plural
direct کَرَم (karam) کَرَمیں (karamẽ)
oblique کَرَم (karam) کَرَموں (karamõ)
vocative کَرَم (karam) کَرَمو (karamo)

Further reading

  • کرم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • کرم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کرم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884) “کرم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “کرم”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “کرم”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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