قوم

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قوم¹

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Compare قَامَ (qāma, “to rise”).

verb قَوَّمَ · qawwama · يُقَوِّمُ · تَقْوِيم · مُقَوِّم

  1. transitive to raise
  2. transitive to evaluate
  3. transitive to adjust

قوم²

  • /qawm/

noun قَوْم · qawm · الْقَوْم · قَوْمٌ

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of قَامَ (qāma, “to get up”) (form I)
  2. standing up, rising, placing upright, remaining, abiding
  3. state, polity

noun قَوْم · qawm · أَقْوَام · الْقَوْم

  1. people, nation, tribe, folk
  2. some people, someone, a certain فَخَرَجَ مِنْهَا خَائِفًا يَتَرَقَّبُ قَالَ رَبِّ نَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
  3. men يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِّن قَوْمٍ عَسَىٰ أَن يَكُونُوا خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَاءٌ مِّن نِّسَاءٍ عَسَىٰ أَن يَكُنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُنَّ
  4. family
  5. sect

adjective قُوَّم · quwwam

  1. masculine, plural masculine plural قَائِم
  2. feminine, plural feminine plural قَائِم

In English

  • tribe group of people
  • people a group of persons forming or belonging to a particular nation etc.
  • nation community of people

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {قوم},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D9%88%D9%85},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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