امام imām
A امام imām, s.m. One who is followed or imitated; exemplar, guide, leader, head, head of a religion (and especially of the Mohammadan religion), patriarch; priest; minister or reader of a mosque;—a large bead in a rosary (which remains fixed in the hand, and is not turned over in counting);—the flag or standard borne in procession before the taʻziya on the first ten days of Moḥarram:—imām-bāṛā, s.m. (dim. imām-bāṛī, s.f.), The place to which the taʻziya is conveyed and kept in the Moḥarram, and where offerings are made to the dead; a building in which the festival of the Moḥarram is
celebrated, and in which services are held in commemoration of the death of ʻAlī and his sons Hasan and Husain; (the same building is sometimes used as a mausoleum for the family of the founder):—imām ẓāmin, s.m. The protecting Imām, one's guardian saint:—imām ẓāmin-kā rupayā, or paisā, s.m. A piece of money dedicated to Imām zāmin, and fastened on the arm of a person about to leave home, as a protection from evil spirits and the difficulties of the way.
عميم ʻamīm v.n. fr. عم 'to be common'
A عميم ʻamīm (v.n. fr. عم 'to be common'), adj. Common, universal; complete, perfect, full; abundant, numerous; reaching to everything, extending to all, all-comprehensive.
ام umm
A ام umm, s.f. Mother; source, origin, foundation, basis; chief part (of a thing).
امم umam
A امم umam, s.f. pl. (of ummat), Peoples, nations, sects, tribes.
عام ʻāmm, vulg. ʻām act. part. of عمّ 'to be common,' c.
A عام ʻāmm, vulg. ʻām (act. part. of عمّ 'to be common,' &c.), adj. & s.m. Common, general, universal; public; vulgar, popular; plebeian; ordinary; generally or universally comprehensive (of -se), not restricted, including, inclusive (of);—the vulgar, the common people, the mass:—ʻām is-se ki, Including the case in which:—ʻām-fahm, adj. Generally intelligible; popular (as a treatise):—ʻām-kā, adj. (f. -ī), Of or relating to the public, or to the masses; public:—ʻām-log, s.m. pl. The common people, &c. (=ʻām):—ʻām-meṅ, adv. In public, publicly:—ḵẖāṣ-o-ʻām, High and low, gentle and simple, rich and poor.
