رقم raqm, vulg. raqam inf. n. of رقم 'to stamp, mark,' c.
A رقم raqm, vulg. raqam (inf. n. of رقم 'to stamp, mark,' &c.), s.f. Mark, sign, price-mark; writing, hand-writing, character; notation of numerals (chiefly taken from the initials of the terms for the Arabic numbers); one character in the notation above described;—arithmetic; figure, number; entry, item; amount, sum, total;—a fractional share of an undivided estate;—rate of assessment;—manner, kind, method, sort; article (of goods);—a royal edict;—an embroidered ornamented garment:—raqam karnā (-par), To mark, mark down, to note, to write, commit to writing, to record, to enter:—raqam-wār, adv. According to the articles or items, item by item, in detail:—raqam honā, v.n. To be marked, be noted, be written, be recorded.
