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آدم

العربية

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آدم¹

  • /ʔaː.dam/

Where it comes from

Terminology of the religious sphere borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (āḏā́m, “man, person”), with a foreign pattern like عَالَم (ʕālam, “world”).

noun آدَم · ʔādam · آدَمُون · أَوَادِم

  1. human
  2. person
  3. man
  4. collective, plural mankind, humankind, collectively man

proper noun آدَم · ʔādam · آدَمُون · أَوَادِم · -

  1. Adam
  2. a male given name, Adam

آدم²

Where it comes from

Color or defect adjective from the root ء د م (ʔ d m).

adjective آدَم · ʔādam · أَدْمَاء · أَدْمَاوَان · أُدْم · أُدْمَان

  1. of an intermixed or tinged coloration, especially with added black or white, whitened, off-white
  2. tawny, dun, brownish, reddish, tan, dust-colored, applied especially to camels, gazelles, and human beings

In English

  • Adam first man in Abrahamic religions
  • tawny of a light brown to brownish orange colour

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {آدم},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A2%D8%AF%D9%85},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}