تم

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See also: بم, ثم, يم, and نم

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ت م م (t m m)
7 terms

Cognate with Hebrew תם (tám).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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تَمَّ (tamma) I (non-past يَتِمُّ (yatimmu), verbal noun تَمّ (tamm) or تِمّ (timm) or تُمّ (tumm) or تَمَام (tamām) or تِمَام (timām) or تُمَام (tumām) or تَمَامَة (tamāma) or تِمَامَة (timāma))

  1. to be fulfilled, to be completed
  2. (proscribed) to come about, to happen, to take place
  3. to persist [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘in something’]
  4. to continue [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘something/doing something’]
Usage notes
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  • Particularly in newspaper and media style, تَمَّ (tamma) is often used with a verbal noun as its subject to express the English passive:
تَمَّ ٱعْتِقالُ عَدَدٍ مِنَ ٱلْعَناصِرِ ٱلْإرْهابِيَّةِ فِي ٱلْقاهِرَةِ لَيْلَةَ ٱلْأَمْسِ.
tamma ʕtiqālu ʕadadin mina l-ʕanāṣiri l-ʔirhābiyyati fī l-qāhirati laylata l-ʔamsi.
A number of terrorist militants were arrested in Cairo last night.
Conjugation
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Noun

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تَمّ or تِمّ or تُمّ (tamm or timm or tummm

  1. verbal noun of تَمَّ (tamma) (form I)
Declension
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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تَمّ (tammm

  1. swan (Cygnus gen. et spp.)
    Synonym: إِوَزٌّ عِرَاقِيّ (ʔiwazzun ʕirāqiyy)
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References

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Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic ثَمَّ (ṯamma).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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تم (tamm)

  1. Alternative form of تمة (tamma): there

Persian

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Etymology 1

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Middle Persian [script needed] (tom, tam, dark), from Proto-Iranian *támHah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *támHas, from Proto-Indo-European *témHos (darkness), from *temH- (dark).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? tam
Dari reading? tam
Iranian reading? tam
Tajik reading? tam

Noun

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تَم (tam)

  1. (archaic) darkness, blackness
  2. a disease in the eye, the web or cataract on the pupil
  3. any veil or covering

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French thème.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Iranian reading? tem

Noun

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تِم (tem)

  1. theme

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic فَم (fam) through فُمّ (fumm) and then dissimilated ثُمّ (ṯumm).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tumm/, [tʊm]
  • IPA(key): /temm/, [tɪm]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

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تم (tumm, temmm (plural تمام (tmām))

  1. mouth

Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa तुम्हि (tumhi), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (tumhe), from Sanskrit युष्मान् (yuṣmān, acc. pl.) adopting the initial sounds of त्वम् (tvám, nom. sg.).

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Pronoun

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تُم (tum) (Hindi spelling तुम)

  1. (semiformal, familiar) second-person subjective or objective personal pronoun, grammatically plural: you, ye; Early Modern English ye.
    کیا تم مجھ سے محبت کرتی ہو؟kyā tum mujh-se mohabbat kartī ho?Do you love me?
    تم جیسے لوگوں کی ہی ضرورت ہے یہاں۔
    tum jaise logõ kī hī zarūrat hai yahā̃.
    People like you are needed here.

Usage notes

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  • تم is the mid level formal way of expressing "you" in Urdu and is used when addressing those of equal social status or those one has a close enough relationship with to justify the reduced formality. Because the less formal forms could offend others, آپ (āp) is the safest way to express "you" unless there is reason to be less formal.
  • Because تم is grammatically plural (adjectives and verbs etc affected by it take their plural forms) even when there is only one person being referred to, the term تم لوگ (literally: you people) can be used to specify that more than one person is being referred to.

Determiner

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تُم (tum) (Hindi spelling तुम)

  1. The individual or group spoken or written to; you, ye, Early Modern English ye.
    تم احمق کوئی کام کے نہیں ہو۔
    tum ahmaq ko'ī kām ke nahī̃ ho.
    You idiots are of no use.

Declension

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See also

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  • آپ (āp) - formal, polite, grammatically plural
  • تُو () - informal, intimate, contemptuous or possibly vulgar, grammatically singular
Urdu personal pronouns
Person Description Direct case Indirect case Ergative case Dative/Accusative case
1st person singular مَیں (ma͠i) مُجھ (mujh) مَیں نے (ma͠i ne) مُجھ کو (mujh ko),

مُجھے (mujhe)

formal (rare) خَاکْسَار (xāksār) خَاکْسَار نے (xāksār ne) خَاکْسَار کو (xāksār ko)
plural ہَم (ham) ہَم نے (ham ne) ہَم کو (ham ko),

ہَمیں (hamẽ)

2nd person informal (intimate) تُو () تُجھ (tujh) تُو نے (tū ne) تُجھ کو (tujh ko),

تُجھے (tujhe)

semiformal (familiar) تُم (tum) تُم نے (tum ne) تُم کو (tum ko),

تُمْہیں (tumhẽ)

formal (polite) آپ (āp) آپ نے (āp ne) آپ کو (āp ko)
3rd person proximal singular / informal یِہ (ye) اِس (is) اِس نے (is ne) اِس کو (is ko),

اِسے (ise)

plural / formal اِن (in) اِنْہوں نے (inhõ ne) اِن کو (in ko),

اِنْہیں (inhẽ)

distal singular / informal وُہ (vo) اُس (us) اُس نے (us ne) اُس کو (us ko),

اُسے (use)

plural / formal اُن (un) اُنْہوں نے (unhõ ne) اُن کو (un ko),

اُنْہیں (unhẽ)