کریم

See also: كريم

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَرِيم (karīm).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ka.ˈriːm/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ɾíːm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ɾíːm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ɾím]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.ɹíːm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ɾím]

Readings
Classical reading^?	karīm
Dari reading^?	karīm
Iranian reading^?	karim
Tajik reading^?	karim

Proper noun

کریم • (karīm / karim) (Tajik spelling Карим)

a male given name, Karim or Kareem, from Arabic
(Islam) Al-Karim ("the Beneficent"), one of the names of God in Islam
- c. 13th century, Saadi Shirazi, “مناجات به درگاه مجیب‌الدعوات [munājāt ba dargāh-i mujīb-ud-da'awāt, Supplication to the Court of God]”, in پندنامه [pand-nāma, The Compendium of Ethics]‎^[1]:
  کریما ببخشای بر حال ما
  که هستم اسیر کمند هوا
  نداریم غیر از تو فریادرس
  تویی عاصیان را خطابخش و بس
  نگه دار ما را ز راه خطا
  خطا درگذار و صوابم نما
  karīmā bibaxšāy bar hāl-i mā
  ki hastam asīr-i kamand-i hawā
  nadārēm ġayr az tu faryād-ras
  tuyī āsiyān rā xatā-baxš u bas
  nigah dār mā rā zi rāh-i xatā
  xatā dar-guzār u sawābam namā
  O Beneficent (God)! Bestow pardon on our condition,
  Who are captives in the toil of vanity.
  We have none, excepting Thee (for our) defender;
  Thou are the all-sufficient forgiver of transgressors.
  Preserve us from the road of sin;
  Pardon our misdeeds, and instruct us in righteousness.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَرِيم (karīm).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kə.ɾiːm/
Rhymes: -iːm

Noun

کَرِیم • (karīm) m (Hindi spelling करीम)

a male given name, Karim or Kareem, from Arabic