زحمة

See also: زخمه and رحمة

Arabic

Root
ز ح م (z-ḥ-m)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaħ.ma/

Noun

زَحْمَة • (zaḥma) f

1. verbal noun of زَحَمَ (zaḥama) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun زَحْمَة (zaḥma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَحْمَة zaḥma	الزَّحْمَة az-zaḥma	زَحْمَة zaḥmat
Nominative	زَحْمَةٌ zaḥmatun	الزَّحْمَةُ az-zaḥmatu	زَحْمَةُ zaḥmatu
Accusative	زَحْمَةً zaḥmatan	الزَّحْمَةَ az-zaḥmata	زَحْمَةَ zaḥmata
Genitive	زَحْمَةٍ zaḥmatin	الزَّحْمَةِ az-zaḥmati	زَحْمَةِ zaḥmati

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: zəhmət
  • → Armenian: զա̈հմա̈թ (zähmätʻ) (Karabakh)
• → Middle Armenian: զահմաթ (zahmatʻ)
  • Armenian: զահմաթ (zahmatʻ)
• → Persian: زحمت (zahmat)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: ज़हमत (zahmat)

    Urdu: زحمت

• → Portuguese: azáfama
• → Ottoman Turkish: زحمت (zahmet)
  • Turkish: zahmet
  • → Albanian: zahmét
  • → Armenian: զահմեթ (zahmetʻ), զա̈խմա̈թ (zäxmätʻ)
  • → Aromanian: zahméte
  • → Bulgarian: захме́т (zahmét)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: за̀хмет

    Latin script: zàhmet

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ز ح م
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic زَحْمَة (zaḥma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaħ.me/, [ˈzaħ.me]
• IPA^(key): /zaħ.ma/, [ˈzaħ.ma]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

زحمة • (zaḥme) f

1. overcrowding, crush, pressure
2. crowd
3. traffic, traffic jam

Derived terms

• زحمة سيارة (zaḥmet sayyāra, “traffic jam”), زحمة سير (zaḥmet sēr, “traffic jam”)