Ajam

See also: ajam

English

Alternative forms

'Ajam

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَجَم (ʕajam, “non-Arabs; Persians”), or via Persian ('ajam). Doublet of Ayam.

Proper noun

Ajam

(historical) A non-Arab.
- 2015, Richard Francis Burton, John Payne, Andrew Lang, One Thousand and One Nights - Complete Arabian Nights Collection (Delphi Classics), page 305:
  I am Rustam, champion-in-chief of the Arabs and Ajams.
(historical) A Persian.
(historical) Persia, land of the Iranian peoples.
- 2011, Muzaffar Alam, Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Writing the Mughal World, page 43:
  ... Sultan Selim sent out a letter to Sultan Muzaar Shah, with an account of his victories in 'Arab, 'Ajam, Egypt, Syria and Aleppo.
(music) The name of a maqam.
Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian origin.
Synonym: Ayam

Related terms

Iraq al-Ajam, Iraq-i Ajam
Ajami

Translations

non-Arab

Arabic: أَعْجَمِيّ (ar) m (ʔaʕjamiyy)
Azerbaijani: əcəm
Bengali: আজম (bn) (ajom)
Hindi: अजम (hi) m (ajam), अजमी (hi) m (ajmī)
Turkish: Acem (tr)
Uyghur: ئەجەم (ejem)
Uzbek: ajam (uz)

Persian

Arabic: أَعْجَمِيّ (ar) m (ʔaʕjamiyy)
Azerbaijani: əcəm
Hindi: अजमी (hi) m (ajmī), अजम (hi) m (ajam)
Swahili: Mwajemi
Turkish: Acem (tr)
Uyghur: ئەجەم (ejem)
Uzbek: ajam (uz)

Persia

Azerbaijani: Əcəm
Turkish: Acem (tr)
Uyghur: ئەجەمىستان (ejemistan)

Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian origin

Arabic: عَيَم m (ʕayam)
Gulf Arabic: عَيَم m (ʕayam)

Further reading

Ajam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
'Ajam of Kuwait on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

JAMA, Jama

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