وام

Persian

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾpʾm /⁠abām⁠/, loan, debt), via Classical Persian آوام (āwām).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? wām
Dari reading? wām
Iranian reading? vâm
Tajik reading? vom

Noun

وام • (vām)

  1. loan

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “abām”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 1
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