Ajam
English
Alternative forms
- 'Ajam
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عَجَم (ʿajam, “non-Arabs; Persians”), or via Persian عجم ('ajam).
Proper noun
Ajam
- (historical) non-Arab
- 2015, Richard Francis Burton, John Payne, Andrew Lang, One Thousand and One Nights - Complete Arabian Nights Collection (Delphi Classics), page 305:
- I am Rustam, champion-in-chief of the Arabs and Ajams.
- 2015, Richard Francis Burton, John Payne, Andrew Lang, One Thousand and One Nights - Complete Arabian Nights Collection (Delphi Classics), page 305:
- (historical) Persian
- (historical) Persia, land of the Iranian peoples
- 2011, Muzaffar Alam, Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Writing the Mughal World, page 43:
- ... Sultan Selim sent out a letter to Sultan Muzaar Shah, with an account of his victories in 'Arab, 'Ajam, Egypt, Syria and Aleppo.
- 2011, Muzaffar Alam, Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Writing the Mughal World, page 43:
- (music) The name of a maqam.
Translations
non-Arab
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Persian
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Persia
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Related terms
- Iraq al-Ajam, Iraq-i Ajam
- Ajami
External links
Anagrams
- JAMA, Jama