جام

جام

See also: حام‎, خام‎, and چام‎

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جام‎ (jâm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaːm/

Noun

جَام • (jām) m (plural جَامَات‎ (jāmāt) or جُوم‎ (jūm) or أَجْوَام‎ (ʔajwām))

1. cup, bowl
2. tray, platter

Declension

Declension of noun جَام (jām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَام jām	الْجَام‎ al-jām	جَام jām
Nominative	جَامٌ jāmun	الْجَامُ‎ al-jāmu	جَامُ jāmu
Accusative	جَامًا‎ jāman	الْجَامَ‎ al-jāma	جَامَ jāma
Genitive	جَامٍ jāmin	الْجَامِ‎ al-jāmi	جَامِ jāmi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَامَيْن‎ jāmayn	الْجَامَيْن‎ al-jāmayn	جَامَيْ‎ jāmay
Nominative	جَامَانِ‎ jāmāni	الْجَامَانِ‎ al-jāmāni	جَامَا‎ jāmā
Accusative	جَامَيْنِ‎ jāmayni	الْجَامَيْنِ‎ al-jāmayni	جَامَيْ‎ jāmay
Genitive	جَامَيْنِ‎ jāmayni	الْجَامَيْنِ‎ al-jāmayni	جَامَيْ‎ jāmay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَامَات‎‎; جُوم‎‎; أَجْوَام‎ jāmāt‎; jūm‎; ʔajwām	الْجَامَات‎‎; الْجُوم‎‎; الْأَجْوَام‎ al-jāmāt‎; al-jūm‎; al-ʔajwām	جَامَات‎‎; جُوم‎‎; أَجْوَام‎ jāmāt‎; jūm‎; ʔajwām
Nominative	جَامَاتٌ‎‎; جُومٌ‎‎; أَجْوَامٌ‎ jāmātun‎; jūmun‎; ʔajwāmun	الْجَامَاتُ‎‎; الْجُومُ‎‎; الْأَجْوَامُ‎ al-jāmātu‎; al-jūmu‎; al-ʔajwāmu	جَامَاتُ‎‎; جُومُ‎‎; أَجْوَامُ‎ jāmātu‎; jūmu‎; ʔajwāmu
Accusative	جَامَاتٍ‎‎; جُومًا‎‎; أَجْوَامًا‎ jāmātin‎; jūman‎; ʔajwāman	الْجَامَاتِ‎‎; الْجُومَ‎‎; الْأَجْوَامَ‎ al-jāmāti‎; al-jūma‎; al-ʔajwāma	جَامَاتِ‎‎; جُومَ‎‎; أَجْوَامَ‎ jāmāti‎; jūma‎; ʔajwāma
Genitive	جَامَاتٍ‎‎; جُومٍ‎‎; أَجْوَامٍ‎ jāmātin‎; jūmin‎; ʔajwāmin	الْجَامَاتِ‎‎; الْجُومِ‎‎; الْأَجْوَامِ‎ al-jāmāti‎; al-jūmi‎; al-ʔajwāmi	جَامَاتِ‎‎; جُومِ‎‎; أَجْوَامِ‎ jāmāti‎; jūmi‎; ʔajwāmi

References

• Gacek, Adam (2008) The Arabic Manuscript Tradition: A Glossary of Technical Terms, →ISBN
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “جام”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

From Persian جام‎ (jâm).

Noun

جام (jām) m

1. glass, pane

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian جام‎ (jâm).

Noun

جام • (cam)

1. cup, glass, beaker, stoop
2. the material glass
3. integrated sheet of glass such as a window-pane, window-sash or window-valve, a bull's-eye of glass in a vault or dome etc.

Adjective

جام • (cam)

1. of glass

Derived terms

• جام گوز‎ (cam göz, “basking shark, dogfish shark”)
• جامجی‎ (camcı, “glazier”)

Descendants

• Turkish: cam
• → Albanian: xham
• → Armenian: ճամ (čam), ջամ (ǰam)
• → Aromanian: agiame, giame
• → Bulgarian: джам (džam)
• → Georgian: ჯამი (ǯami)
• → Greek: τζάμι (tzámi)
• → Macedonian: џам (džam)
• → Romanian: geam
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: џа̏м

  Latin: džȁm

References

• ‌ Kélékian, Diran (1911), “جام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 430
• Поленаковиќ, Харалампие (2007), “25. AǦAME sb. f. pl. aǧeń i aǧemurǐ; ǦAME”, in Зузана Тополињска, Петар Атанасов, editors, Турските елементи во ароманскиот, put into Macedonian from the author’s Serbo-Croatian Turski elementi u aromunskom dijalektu (1939, unpublished) by Веселинка Лаброска, Скопје: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите, →ISBN, page 75

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Pashto

Etymology

From Persian جام‎ (jâm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑm/

Noun

جام • (jâm) m

1. cup, goblet

Declension

declension of جام

	singular		plural
direct	جام (jâm)		جامونه‎ (jâmuna)
oblique	جام (jâm)		جامونو‎ (jâmuno)
vocative	جامه‎ (jâma)		جامونو‎ (jâmuno)

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (yāma, “glass”). Related to Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬨𐬀‎ (yama, “glass”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑːm/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑːm/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɒːm/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔm/

Noun

Dari	جام
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷом (jom)

جام • (jâm) (plural جام‌ها‎ (jâm-hâ))

1. cup
2. glass, pane

Derived terms

• جام جم‎ (jâm-e jam, “Cup of Jamshid”)
• جام زهر‎ (jâm-e zahr, literally “poisoned chalice”)

 

Descendants

• → Arabic: جام‎ (jām, “cup, bowl, plate”)
• → Gulf Arabic: جام‎ (jām), جامة‎ (jāma, “motorvehicle window”)
• → Iraqi Arabic: جام‎ (jām)
• → Bengali: জাম (jam)
• → Hindustani:

  → Hindi: जाम (jām)

  → Urdu: جام‎ (jâm)

• → Pashto: جام‎ (jâm)
• → Ottoman Turkish: جام‎ (cam)
  • Turkish: cam
  • → Albanian: xham
  • → Armenian: ճամ (čam), ջամ (ǰam)
  • → Aromanian: agiame, giame
  • → Bulgarian: джам (džam)
  • → Georgian: ჯამი (ǯami)
  • → Greek: τζάμι (tzámi)
  • → Macedonian: џам (džam)
  • → Romanian: geam
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: џа̏м

    Latin: džȁm

References

• Hassuri, Ali (1983), “Two Middle Persian Words”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎, volume 133, pages 145–148

1. The Silk Road Encyclopedia. (n.d.). United States: Seoul Selection.
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. (1910). United Kingdom: Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, p. 248

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Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑːm/
• Rhymes: -ɑːm

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian جام‎ (jām).

Noun

جام • (jām) m (Hindi spelling जाम)

1. goblet; wine cup
2. (loosely) glass; drinking vessel

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu).

Noun

جام • (jām) m (Hindi spelling जाम)

1. rose apple
2. guava
3. night watch (for a period of three hours)
4. son

Declension

Declension of جام
	singular	plural
direct	جام‎ (jām)	جام‎ (jām)
oblique	جام‎ (jām)	جاموں‎ (jāmō̃)
vocative	جام‎ (jām)	جامو‎ (jāmō)

References

• “جام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “جام”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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Ushojo

Etymology

From Pashto جام‎ (jām).

Noun

جام (jām)

1. stirrup