Rum

Rum

See also: rum, rúm, rùm, Rùm, rüm, and rum.

English

Proper noun

Rum

1. Alternative form of Rùm

Anagrams

• MRU, Mru, RMU, URM

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German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English rum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rʊm/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: rum

Noun

Rum m (strong, genitive Rums, no plural)

1. rum

Declension

Declension of Rum [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rum
genitive	eines	des	Rums
dative	einem	dem	Rum
accusative	einen	den	Rum

Descendants

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

Proper noun

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

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish روم‎ (rum).

Alternative forms

• Rūm, Rûm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːm/
• Homophone: Ruhm

Proper noun

Rum n (proper noun, strong, genitive Rums)

1. Anatolia, or the area of former Byzantium (from an oriental viewpoint assumed by an orientalist)

Declension

Declension of Rum [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Rum
genitive	eines	des	Rums
dative	einem	dem	Rum
accusative	ein	das	Rum

Derived terms

• Rumtürkisch
• Sultanat Rum

Further reading

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

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Rohingya

Proper noun

Rum

1. Rome

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic روم‎ (rūm, “Byzantine Empire”), from Ancient Greek Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē, “Rome”), from Latin Rōma.

Proper noun

Rum

1. (archaic) Turkey

   Synonym: Uturuki

Derived terms

• Bahari ya Rum
• sultani Rum

 

Related terms

• rumi

 

References

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

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish روم‎ (Rum), ultimately from Latin Rōma, probably through Arabic or Persian.

Proper noun

Rum

1. A Greek person living in Turkey (especially in Istanbul, Izmir, Thrace and Pontus)
2. Byzantine, a native of Byzantine Empire
3. (archaic) Anatolia

Declension

    declension of Rum

	singular	plural
nominative	Rum	Rumlar / Rum'lar
accusative	Rum'u	Rumları / Rum'ları
dative	Rum'a	Rumlara / Rum'lara
locative	Rum'da	Rumlarda / Rum'larda
ablative	Rum'dan	Rumlardan / Rum'lardan
genitive	Rum'un	Rumların / Rum'ların

    possessive of Rum

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Rum'um	Rumlarım / Rum'larım
senin (your)	Rum'un	Rumların / Rum'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Rum'u	Rumları / Rum'ları
bizim (our)	Rum'umuz	Rumlarımız / Rum'larımız
sizin (your)	Rum'unuz	Rumlarınız / Rum'larınız
onların (their)	Rum'u / Rumları / Rum'ları	Rumları / Rum'ları

Adjective

Rum (uncomparable)

1. relating to Greeks living in Turkey.

   eski Rum evleri

   the old Greek houses

Related terms

• palikarya
• Rumca
• Yunan
• Yunanca
• Yunanistan
• Yunanistanlı
• Yunanlı

References

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