موم

Etymology

From Middle Persian *mōm. Akin to Northern Kurdish mûm (“candle”), Central Kurdish مۆم‎ (mom, “candle”), Southern Kurdish موم‎ (mûm, “wax”), and Old Armenian մոմ (mom), an Iranian borrowing.

Perhaps a borrowing from a Semitic language, *may- and mayim mean water as well as any kind of liquid, a diluting or thinning thing; a reference to a thin layer of waxy film or the property of wax melting and becoming diluted or thinning, to a liquid form.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian, Dari, Iranian Persian, Tajik) IPA^(key): /muːm/

Noun

موم • (mum)

1. wax
2. candle