قیم

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَيِّم (qayyim).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qaj.ˈjim/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäj.jɪ́m]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qäj.jɪ́m]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qäj.jím]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæj.jém]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qäj.jím]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qayyim
Dari reading^?	qayyim
Iranian reading^?	ġayyem
Tajik reading^?	qayyim

Noun

قیم • (qayyim / ġayyem) (Tajik spelling қайим)

guardian (e.g. of a minor)

Further reading

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