عجم

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عجم

Where it comes from

From the root ع ج م (ʕ j m). The word عَجَم (ʕajam, “non-Arabs”) is from a pre-Islamic form أَعْجَم (ʔaʕjam), from the root ع ج م (ʕ j m), referring to people who speak unclearly (thus reflecting the same semantic evolution as Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “barbarian”)).

noun عَجَم · ʕajam · عَجَمِيّ · أَعْجَام · الْعَجَم

collective non-Arabs (as foreigners or barbarians)
collective, historical Persians.
Similar: فُرْس

Similar: أَعْجَم · Opposite: عَرَب

verb عَجَمَ · ʕajama · يَعْجُمُ · عَجْم · عَاجِم

to bite, to chew
to try, to test

verb عَجَّمَ · ʕajjama · يُعَجِّمُ · تَعْجِيم · مُعَجِّم

to point the text, to write distinguishing marks to it

noun عَجْم · ʕajm · الْعَجْم · عَجْمٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of عَجَمَ (ʕajama) (form I)

noun عَجَم · ʕajam · عَجَمَة · الْعَجَم

collective stones, kernels, pits, pips, fruit seeds

Thesaurus

noun

Similar: أَعْجَم · Opposite: عَرَب

In English

pip seed

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"عجم." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%AC%D9%85. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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عجم. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%AC%D9%85

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"عجم." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%AC%D9%85.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {عجم},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%AC%D9%85},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}