لحم

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic [Term?], from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *laḥam- (food). Cognate with Aramaic לַחְמָא (laḥmā), Classical Syriac ܠܚܡܐ (laḥmā), Hebrew לֶחֶם (léḥem), Ugaritic 𐎍𐎈𐎎 (lḥm /laḥmu/), all meaning “food” or “bread”. The varying semantic developments are due to the differing agriculture and diets of the Arabian Peninsula and the Fertile Crescent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laħm/
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Noun

لَحْم (laḥm) m (collective, singulative لَحْمَة (laḥma), plural لُحُوم (luḥūm) or لِحَام (liḥām) or لِحْمَان (liḥmān) or لُحْمَان (luḥmān) or أَلْحُم (ʾalḥum))

  1. meat, flesh
  2. pulp

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