قزم

From Ottoman Turkish قازمه (kazma, “pickaxe”), from Ottoman Turkish قازمق (kazmak, “to dig out, to excavate”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kaŕ- (“to dig out”). From the common cross-cultural depictions of dwarves working the earth, likely bolstered by the real-life use of smaller individuals in mines to reach inaccessible places.

قَزَم • (qazam) m (plural أَقْزَام (ʔaqzām))

1. dwarf, midget, pigmy
2. lilliputian
3. little fellow, shrimp, hop-o'-my-thumb, whippersnapper
4. disformed, of poor breeding stock
5. someone of baser lineage, low class

• قُزَيْمِيّ (quzaymiyy, “dwarflike, nano-”)

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَزَم (qazam).

• IPA^(key): /qa.zam/, [ˈqa.zam]

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قزم • (qazam) m (plural أقزام (ʔaqzām), feminine قزمة (qazame))

1. dwarf, midget