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بمم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a specific type of musical string, particularly the thickest one on stringed instruments like the lute. It also refers to a place name, specifically a region or city in Kerman.

Derived headwords

البَمّnoun
  1. 1.
    thickest stringclassical

    The thickest string of stringed instruments, such as the lute (مِزْهَر). It is often described as being of foreign origin.

بَمّname
  1. 1.
    Bammclassical

    A place name, specifically an area or city located in Kerman. It is mentioned in poetry and hadith.

Parallel reading

البم من العود: معروف أعجمي.
Al-bamm from the lute: a known foreign word.
البم الوتر الغليظ من أوتار المزاهر.
Al-bamm is the thick string of the strings of the lute.
بم العود الذي يضرب به هو أحد أوتاره، وليس بعربي.
The bamm of the lute, which is played, is one of its strings, and it is not Arabic.
وبم، غير مصروف، أرض من كرمان.
And Bamm, indeclinable, is a land from Kerman.
مدينة بكرمان ، وقيل: موضع؛
A city in Kerman, and it is said: a place;
ألا أيها الليل الذي طال أصبح ... ببم، وما الإصباح فيك بأروح
O night that has become long, dawn... in Bamm, and morning in you is not swift.
أليلتنا في بم كرمان أصبحي
O our night in Bamm of Kerman, become morning.