"کم" meaning in Persian

See کم in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [kam] [Classical-Persian], [kʰäm] [Dari, formal], [kʰäm] [Dari, formal], [kʰäm] [Kabuli], [kʰäm] (note: Hazaragi), [kʰʲæm] [Iran, formal], [kʰäm] [Tajik, formal] Forms: kam [romanization], کمتَر [comparative], کمتَرین [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle Persian 𐭪𐭬 (km /⁠kam⁠/, “little, small”), from Proto-Iranian *kam(b)-na- (“small”), from Proto-Iranian *kamb- (“small”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kambʰ (“few, small, insignificant”), probably related to Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to arise, begin; new, fresh”). Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal|𐭪𐭬||little, small|ts=kam}} Middle Persian 𐭪𐭬 (km /⁠kam⁠/, “little, small”), {{inh|fa|ira-pro|*kam(b)-na-|t=small}} Proto-Iranian *kam(b)-na- (“small”), {{inh|fa|ira-pro|*kamb-|t=small}} Proto-Iranian *kamb- (“small”), {{inh|fa|iir-pro|*kambʰ|t=few, small, insignificant}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *kambʰ (“few, small, insignificant”), {{cog|ine-pro|*ken-|t=to arise, begin; new, fresh}} Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to arise, begin; new, fresh”) Head templates: {{fa-adj|c=+|tr=kam}} کم • (kam) (comparative کمتَر (kam-tar), superlative کمتَرین (kam-tarin))
  1. few, little
    Sense id: en-کم-fa-adj-zLL5U~F- Categories (other): Persian pronouns Disambiguation of Persian pronouns: 32 32 7 29
  2. scarce, rare, lacking
    Sense id: en-کم-fa-adj-oPxxevq5 Categories (other): Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters, Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian entries with topic categories using raw markup, Persian pronouns Disambiguation of Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters: 42 58 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 28 43 30 0 Disambiguation of Persian entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 71 13 2 Disambiguation of Persian pronouns: 32 32 7 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: کم کردن (kam kardan) (english: to reduce, to lessen), کم شدن (kam šodan) (english: to be diminished, to be reduced), کم آمدن (kam âmadan) (english: to run short, to become lacking), کم گرفتن (kam gereftan) (english: to slight, to look down on), کم دادن (kam dâdan) (english: to shortchange), کمخوابی (kam-xâbi), کمخونی (kam-xuni), کمحرف (kam-harf), کمرنگ (kamrang), کمکم (kam-kam), کمبخت (kam-baxt)

Noun

Forms: kom [romanization]
Etymology: Compare Persian شکم (šekam, “belly”). Etymology templates: {{cog|fa|شکم||belly|tr=šekam}} Persian شکم (šekam, “belly”) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|||||||f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=kom|tr2=|tr3=}} کم • (kom), {{fa-noun|tr=kom}} کم • (kom)
  1. (dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) belly; abdomen; tummy; stomach Tags: Dashtestan, Khesht, Konartakhteh, dialectal Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-کم-fa-noun-d0-LIyBw Disambiguation of Anatomy: 4 6 90 0 Categories (other): Dashtestani Persian
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

Forms: kam [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|fa|pronoun|tr=kam}} کم • (kam)
  1. (dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh) which Tags: Khesht, Konartakhteh, dialectal
    Sense id: en-کم-fa-pron-d7wGxV0p Categories (other): Persian pronouns Disambiguation of Persian pronouns: 32 32 7 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to reduce, to lessen",
      "roman": "kam kardan",
      "word": "کم کردن"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to be diminished, to be reduced",
      "roman": "kam šodan",
      "word": "کم شدن"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to run short, to become lacking",
      "roman": "kam âmadan",
      "word": "کم آمدن"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to slight, to look down on",
      "roman": "kam gereftan",
      "word": "کم گرفتن"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to shortchange",
      "roman": "kam dâdan",
      "word": "کم دادن"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kam-xâbi",
      "word": "کمخوابی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kam-xuni",
      "word": "کمخونی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kam-harf",
      "word": "کمحرف"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kamrang",
      "word": "کمرنگ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kam-kam",
      "word": "کمکم"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kam-baxt",
      "word": "کمبخت"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "কম",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assamese: কম (kom)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assamese: কম (kom)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "kəm",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: kəm",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: kəm"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "кәм",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "insufficient, scarce; inferior"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bashkir: кәм (kəm, “insufficient, scarce; inferior”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bashkir: кәм (kəm, “insufficient, scarce; inferior”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "কম",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: কম (kom)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: কম (kom)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "कम"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: कम (kam)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "कम-"
          },
          "expansion": "कम- (kam-)",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: कम (kam), कम- (kam-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "کم",
            "tr": "kam"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: کم (kam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: کم (kam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "кем",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: кем (kem)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: кем (kem)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਕਮ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਕਮ (kam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਕਮ (kam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "کم",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "kam"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: کم (kam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: کم (kam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "கம்மி",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tamil: கம்மி (kammi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tamil: கம்மி (kammi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tt",
            "2": "ким",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tatar: ким (kim)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tatar: ким (kim)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "kam",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: kam",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: kam"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yai",
            "2": "кам",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yagnobi: кам (kam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yagnobi: кам (kam)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭪𐭬",
        "4": "",
        "5": "little, small",
        "ts": "kam"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭪𐭬 (km /⁠kam⁠/, “little, small”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*kam(b)-na-",
        "t": "small"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *kam(b)-na- (“small”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*kamb-",
        "t": "small"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *kamb- (“small”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*kambʰ",
        "t": "few, small, insignificant"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *kambʰ (“few, small, insignificant”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*ken-",
        "t": "to arise, begin; new, fresh"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to arise, begin; new, fresh”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian 𐭪𐭬 (km /⁠kam⁠/, “little, small”), from Proto-Iranian *kam(b)-na- (“small”), from Proto-Iranian *kamb- (“small”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kambʰ (“few, small, insignificant”), probably related to Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to arise, begin; new, fresh”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کمتَر",
      "roman": "kam-tar",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کمتَرین",
      "roman": "kam-tarin",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "c": "+",
        "tr": "kam"
      },
      "expansion": "کم • (kam) (comparative کمتَر (kam-tar), superlative کمتَرین (kam-tarin))",
      "name": "fa-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "زیاد"
        },
        {
          "word": "خیلی"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 7 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "few, little"
      ],
      "id": "en-کم-fa-adj-zLL5U~F-",
      "links": [
        [
          "few",
          "few"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 43 30 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 71 13 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 7 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "scarce, rare, lacking"
      ],
      "id": "en-کم-fa-adj-oPxxevq5",
      "links": [
        [
          "scarce",
          "scarce"
        ],
        [
          "rare",
          "rare"
        ],
        [
          "lacking",
          "lacking"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kam]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäm]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäm]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰʲæm]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäm]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "کم"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "شکم",
        "3": "",
        "4": "belly",
        "tr": "šekam"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian شکم (šekam, “belly”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Persian شکم (šekam, “belly”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kom",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "kom",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "کم • (kom)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "kom"
      },
      "expansion": "کم • (kom)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dashtestani Persian",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 6 90 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "fa:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "belly; abdomen; tummy; stomach"
      ],
      "id": "en-کم-fa-noun-d0-LIyBw",
      "links": [
        [
          "belly",
          "belly"
        ],
        [
          "abdomen",
          "abdomen"
        ],
        [
          "tummy",
          "tummy"
        ],
        [
          "stomach",
          "stomach"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) belly; abdomen; tummy; stomach"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dashtestan",
        "Khesht",
        "Konartakhteh",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "کم"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "tr": "kam"
      },
      "expansion": "کم • (kam)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 7 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "which"
      ],
      "id": "en-کم-fa-pron-d7wGxV0p",
      "links": [
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh) which"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Khesht",
        "Konartakhteh",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "کم"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters",
    "Persian adjectives",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian pronouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "fa:Anatomy"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to reduce, to lessen",
      "roman": "kam kardan",
      "word": "کم کردن"
    },
    {
      "english": "to be diminished, to be reduced",
      "roman": "kam šodan",
      "word": "کم شدن"
    },
    {
      "english": "to run short, to become lacking",
      "roman": "kam âmadan",
      "word": "کم آمدن"
    },
    {
      "english": "to slight, to look down on",
      "roman": "kam gereftan",
      "word": "کم گرفتن"
    },
    {
      "english": "to shortchange",
      "roman": "kam dâdan",
      "word": "کم دادن"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kam-xâbi",
      "word": "کمخوابی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kam-xuni",
      "word": "کمخونی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kam-harf",
      "word": "کمحرف"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kamrang",
      "word": "کمرنگ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kam-kam",
      "word": "کمکم"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kam-baxt",
      "word": "کمبخت"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "কম",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assamese: কম (kom)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assamese: কম (kom)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "kəm",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: kəm",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: kəm"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "кәм",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "insufficient, scarce; inferior"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bashkir: кәм (kəm, “insufficient, scarce; inferior”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bashkir: кәм (kəm, “insufficient, scarce; inferior”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "কম",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: কম (kom)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: কম (kom)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "कम"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: कम (kam)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "कम-"
          },
          "expansion": "कम- (kam-)",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: कम (kam), कम- (kam-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "کم",
            "tr": "kam"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: کم (kam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: کم (kam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "кем",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: кем (kem)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: кем (kem)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਕਮ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਕਮ (kam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਕਮ (kam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "کم",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "kam"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: کم (kam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: کم (kam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "கம்மி",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tamil: கம்மி (kammi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tamil: கம்மி (kammi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tt",
            "2": "ким",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tatar: ким (kim)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tatar: ким (kim)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "kam",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: kam",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: kam"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yai",
            "2": "кам",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yagnobi: кам (kam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yagnobi: кам (kam)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭪𐭬",
        "4": "",
        "5": "little, small",
        "ts": "kam"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭪𐭬 (km /⁠kam⁠/, “little, small”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*kam(b)-na-",
        "t": "small"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *kam(b)-na- (“small”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*kamb-",
        "t": "small"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *kamb- (“small”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*kambʰ",
        "t": "few, small, insignificant"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *kambʰ (“few, small, insignificant”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*ken-",
        "t": "to arise, begin; new, fresh"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to arise, begin; new, fresh”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian 𐭪𐭬 (km /⁠kam⁠/, “little, small”), from Proto-Iranian *kam(b)-na- (“small”), from Proto-Iranian *kamb- (“small”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kambʰ (“few, small, insignificant”), probably related to Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to arise, begin; new, fresh”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کمتَر",
      "roman": "kam-tar",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کمتَرین",
      "roman": "kam-tarin",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "c": "+",
        "tr": "kam"
      },
      "expansion": "کم • (kam) (comparative کمتَر (kam-tar), superlative کمتَرین (kam-tarin))",
      "name": "fa-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "زیاد"
        },
        {
          "word": "خیلی"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "few, little"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "few",
          "few"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "scarce, rare, lacking"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scarce",
          "scarce"
        ],
        [
          "rare",
          "rare"
        ],
        [
          "lacking",
          "lacking"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kam]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäm]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäm]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰʲæm]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäm]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "کم"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian pronouns",
    "fa:Anatomy"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "شکم",
        "3": "",
        "4": "belly",
        "tr": "šekam"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian شکم (šekam, “belly”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Persian شکم (šekam, “belly”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kom",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "kom",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "کم • (kom)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "kom"
      },
      "expansion": "کم • (kom)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dashtestani Persian",
        "Persian dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "belly; abdomen; tummy; stomach"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "belly",
          "belly"
        ],
        [
          "abdomen",
          "abdomen"
        ],
        [
          "tummy",
          "tummy"
        ],
        [
          "stomach",
          "stomach"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) belly; abdomen; tummy; stomach"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dashtestan",
        "Khesht",
        "Konartakhteh",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "کم"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian pronouns",
    "fa:Anatomy"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "tr": "kam"
      },
      "expansion": "کم • (kam)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "which"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh) which"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Khesht",
        "Konartakhteh",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "کم"
}

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