Rum

From Middle English and Old English, from Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu, from Proto-Germanic *Rūmō under influence from Late Latin Rōma (“Rome; Constantinople; Roman Empire”), from Latin Rōma (“Rome”).

Rum

1. (obsolete or archaic) Alternative form of Rome, the capital of Italy.

From Seljuk Old Anatolian Turkish and Ottoman Turkish روم (Rum, “Rome; Byzantine Empire; central Anatolia”), from Arabic رُوم (Rūm, “Rome; Byzantine Empire”), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 (Hrom), from Byzantine Greek Ῥωμανία (Rhōmanía, “Byzantine Empire”), from Latin Romani (“Romans”), from Roma (“Rome”). Doublet of Rome.

Rum

1. (historical) An eyalet in the Ottoman Empire.
2. (historical) A former polity in Anatolia, a Seljuk sultanate.
3. (archaic) Synonym of Anatolia and the Byzantine Empire in historical Turkish contexts.

• Rûm

• (Ottoman eyalet): Sivas

Rum

1. Alternative form of Rùm, an island of the Inner Hebrides, Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom.

• MRU, Mru, RMU, URM

Borrowed from English rum.

• IPA^(key): /rʊm/

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• Homophone: rum

Rum m (strong, genitive Rums, no plural)

1. rum

• → Czech: rum
• → Hungarian: rum
• → Romanian: rom

Rum n (proper noun, genitive Rums or (optionally with an article) Rum)

1. A market town in Tyrol, Austria
2. A village in Vas County, Hungary

From Ottoman Turkish روم (Rum), q.v.

• Rūm, Rûm

• IPA^(key): /ruːm/
• Homophone: Ruhm

Rum n (proper noun, strong, genitive Rums)

1. (historical) Synonym of Anatolien, a region of southwestern Asia, in historical Turkish contexts.
2. (historical) Synonym of Byzanz, a former polity in Europe and Asia, in historical Turkish contexts.

• Rumtürkisch
• Sultanat Rum

• “Rum” in Duden online
• “Rum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Borrowing from Persian روم or Arabic روم (Rūm), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 (Hrom), from Ancient Greek Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē), from Latin Roma (“Rome”).

Rum (Jawi spelling روم)

1. Rome (the capital of Italy)

• Rumi
• Rumawi
• Laut Rum

• Crawford, John (1852) A Grammar and Dictionary of the Malay Language, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., page 153
• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “روم roem”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 12
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “روم rum”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 350
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “Rum”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 353

Rum

1. Rome

From Ottoman Turkish روم (Rum, “Rome; Byzantine Empire; central Anatolia”), from Seljuk Old Anatolian Turkish and Arabic رُوم (Rūm, “Rome; Byzantine Empire”), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 (Hrom), from Byzantine Greek Ῥωμανία (Rhōmanía, “Byzantine Empire”), from Latin Romani (“Romans”), from Roma (“Rome”).

Rum

1. (archaic) Synonym of Uturuki: Turkey (a country in Europe and Asia)
2. (archaic, historical) Ottoman Empire (a former polity in Europe, Asia and Africa)

• Rechenbach, Charles W. (1967) Swahili-English Dictionary, Washington, D. C.: The Catholic University of America Press, page 459

From Ottoman Turkish روم (Rum, “Rome; Byzantine Empire; central Anatolia”), from Seljuk Old Anatolian Turkish and Arabic رُوم (Rūm, “Rome; Byzantine Empire”), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 (Hrom), from Byzantine Greek Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē, “Rome”) and Ῥωμανία (Rhōmanía, “Byzantine Empire”), from Latin Romani (“Romans”), from Roma (“Rome”) of uncertain origin. Doublet of Roma.

Rum

1. A Greek person living in Muslim countries, especially in Turkey (now chiefly in Istanbul, Izmir, Thrace and Pontus) and Cyprus.
2. (dated) Any Greek person
3. (historical) Byzantine, a native of Byzantine Empire
4. (archaic, historical) The former lands of the Byzantine Empire, particularly central Anatolia

Rum (uncomparable)

1. Turco-Greek, of or related to the Rumlar, ethnic Greeks living in Turkey and Cyprus

   eski Rum evleri

   the old Greek houses

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “Rum”, in Nişanyan Sözlük