ام الفحم
South Levantine Arabic
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Etymology
From Arabic أُمّ الْفَحْم (ʾumm al-faḥm). Equivalent to إمّ (ʔimm) + الفحم (il-faḥm), literally “mother of the coal”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔimm il.faħm/, [ˌʔɪm.m‿ɪl.ˈfa.ħ(ɪ)m]
Proper noun
إمّ الفحم • (ʔimm il-faḥm) f
- Umm al-Fahm (a city in Israel)