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Ajam
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ajam
English
Alternative forms
'Ajam
Etymology
Borrowed from en ar عَجَم non-Arabs; Persians, or via en fa عجم 'ajam. en ar ع ج م en Ayam.
Proper noun
en historical A non-Arab.
en 2015 Richard Francis Burton; John Payne; Andrew Lang One Thousand and One Nights - Complete Arabian Nights Collection (Delphi Classics) https://books.google.com/books?id=RTspCwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT6305&pg=PT6305 305 I am Rustam, champion-in-chief of the Arabs and Ajams.
en historical A Persian.
en historical Persia, land of the Iranian peoples.
en 2011 Muzaffar Alam; Sanjay Subrahmanyam Writing the Mughal World https://books.google.com/books?id=YWYWAAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA43&pg=PA43 43 ... Sultan Selim sent out a letter to Sultan Muzaar Shah, with an account of his victories in 'Arab, 'Ajam, Egypt, Syria and Aleppo.
en music The name of a maqam.
Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian origin.
en Ayam
Related terms
Iraq al-Ajam, Iraq-i Ajam
Ajami
Translations
non-Arab
Arabic: ar أَعْجَمِيّ m
Azerbaijani: az əcəm
Bengali: bn আজম
Hindi: hi अजम m, hi अजमी m
Turkish: tr Acem
Uyghur: ug ئەجەم
Uzbek: uz ajam
Persian
Arabic: ar أَعْجَمِيّ m
Azerbaijani: az əcəm
Hindi: hi अजमी m, hi अजम m
Swahili: sw Mwajemi
Turkish: tr Acem
Uyghur: ug ئەجەم
Uzbek: uz ajam
Persia
Azerbaijani: az Əcəm
Turkish: tr Acem
Uyghur: ug ئەجەمىستان
Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian origin
Arabic: ar عَيَم m
Gulf Arabic: afb عَيَم m ʕayam
Further reading
Ajam
'Ajam of Kuwait
Anagrams
en aajm JAMA Jama
en Iran