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بم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

بَمٌّ بم [The bass in music; used in this sense in the present day: or particularly the bass notes of the lute: in this sense F seems to have understood the saying of ISd that] the بَمّ of the lute is well known: (M, K: [in the CK, البَمَّ مِنَ العُوْدِ او الوَتَرِ الخ is erroneously put for البَمُّ مِنَ العُودِ مآ أَوِ الوَتَرُ الخ:]) or (so in the K) it is the thick [or bass ] chord of the lute: (S, K:) the word is foreign: (M:) [in Persian بَمْ:] Az says that it is not Arabic. (TA.)

Derived headwords

بَمٌّ
  1. 1.
البَمَّ مِنَ
العُوْدِ او الوَتَرِ الخ
البَمُّ مِنَ
العُودِ مآ أَوِ الوَتَرُ الخ