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ب م م

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a thick string or string of a musical instrument, possibly of non-Arabic origin. It also denotes a place name, specifically a region and a village.

Derived headwords

البَمّnoun
  1. 1.
    thick stringclassical

    The thickest string of a lute or similar stringed instrument.

  2. 2.
    musical instrument stringclassical

    Specifically, the thickest string of a lute (عود).

بَمّnoun
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, specifically referring to a region in Persia (Kerman).

  2. 2.
    villageclassical

    A village located in Egypt, in the area of Bani Nasr.

  3. 3.
    locationclassical

    A place in the land of the Arabs.

البوميname
  1. 1.
    ministerclassical

    A nisba referring to Ismail bin Ibrahim al-Bummi, a minister during the reign of al-Muqtadir.

البومnoun
  1. 1.
    owlclassical

    An owl. This is presented as a variant pronunciation or spelling for the word 'owl'.

Parallel reading

البم من العود، م معروف أعجمي، أو الوتر الغليظ من أوتار المزهر
Al-bamm is from the lute, a known non-Arabic word, or 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.
أرض بكرمان غير مصروف
A land in Kerman, indeclinable.
ألا أيها الليل الذي طال أصبح ... ببم وما الإصباح فيك بأروح
O long night, morning has come... with Bamm, and the morning in you is not refreshing.
أليلتنا في بم كرمان أصبحي
O our night in Bamm of Kerman, become morning...
ومنها إسماعيل بن إبراهيم البمي، الوزير، كان في أيام المقتدر.
And among them is Ismail bin Ibrahim al-Bummi, the minister, who was during the days of al-Muqtadir.
البم، (بالضم: البوم) لغة فيه.
Al-bamm, (with damma: al-baum) is a pronunciation for it.
قرية بمصر في جزيرة بني نصر.
A village in Egypt in the island of Bani Nasr.
موضع في ديار العرب
A place in the land of the Arabs.
أقول لعجلى بين بم وداحس ... أجدي فقد أقوت عليك الأمالس
I say to the hasty one between Bamm and Dahis... I have become weak, for the barren lands have become desolate upon you.