Ayam

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Ayam

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Borrowed from Gulf Arabic عَيَم (ʕayam, “Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian descent”), plural of عيمي (ʕīmi), from Classical Arabic عَجَم (ʕajam, “non-Arabs, especially Persians”). Doublet of Ajam and aljamiado.

proper noun 'Ayam

Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian origin. Ayam are people who migrated to Kuwait from Iran a long time ago and took some of their traditions from Persians and Iranians in addition to Islam. The majority of Ayam are Shiite Muslims. At first their language was Farsi when they migrated ...
Similar: Iranian-Kuwaitis, Ajam

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name Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian origin

हिन्दी	अयम ayam
العربية	عَيَم ʕayam

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@misc{ayam_2026,
  title = {Ayam},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ayam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}