اهم

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هُمْ (hum).

Pronunciation

(Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ʊhʊm/

Pronoun

اُهُم • (uhum) m or f

they (subject pronoun)
Synonym: اهمه (uhma)

See also

Gulf Arabic personal pronouns
		Singular	Plural
1^st person		آنا (āna)	احنا (aḥna, iḥna) / نحن (niḥin)
2^nd person	m	انت (inta, int)	انتو (intaw, intu)
2^nd person	f	انتي (intay, inti)	انتو (intaw, intu)
3^rd person	m	اهوه (uhwa) / اهو (uhu)	اهمه (uhma) / اهم (uhum)
3^rd person	f	اهيه (ihya) / اهي (ihi)	اهمه (uhma) / اهم (uhum)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَهَمّ (ʔahamm).

Adjective

اهم • (ehem)

most important

Further reading

Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), “ehem”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَهَمّ (ʔahamm).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔa.ˈhamm/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɦám(ː)]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːám(ː)]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔːám(ː)]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.ɦǽm(ː)]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɦám(ː)]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ahamm
Dari reading^?	ahamm
Iranian reading^?	ahamm
Tajik reading^?	ahamm

Adjective

اهم • (ahamm) (Tajik spelling аҳам)

(literary) the most important

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “اهم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim