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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic عَجَم (ʕajam, “non-Arabs; Persians”), or via Persian عجم ('ajam). Doublet of Ayam.
Proper noun
[edit]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
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[edit]non-Arab
Persian
Persia
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Further reading
[edit]Ajam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
'Ajam of Kuwait on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
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