# طعام
## Arabic
### Etymology

From the root ط ع م (ṭ ʕ m). Cognate with Hebrew טַעַם (ṭāʿām).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tˤa.ʕaːm/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

طَعَام • (ṭaʕām) m (plural أَطْعِمَة (ʔaṭʕima))
* (countable, uncountable) food
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:259:قَالَ بَل لَّبِثْتَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ فَٱنْظُرْ إِلَى طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْqāla bal labiṯta miʔata ʕāmin fa-nẓur ʔilā ṭaʕāmika wa-šarābika lam yatasannahHe said, “Rather, you have remained one hundred years. Look at your food and your drink; it has not changed with time.”
** a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XII$^e$ siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique‎, number 2, published 1934, page 243 (٥١) 12:
** prepared meal
*** a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XII$^e$ siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique‎, number 2, published 1934, page 235 (٤٣) 12:
* (verbal noun) feeding
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 89:18:وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَى طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِwa-lā taḥāḍḍūna ʕalā ṭaʕāmi l-miskīniAnd ye urge not on feeding the poor.
* (countable, uncountable, formerly Ḥijāz, al-Andalus, now South Tunisia) wheat
** a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XII$^e$ siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique‎, number 2, published 1934, page 229 (٣٧) 2:
** a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XII$^e$ siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique‎, number 2, published 1934, page 242 (٥٠) 15:
** c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802$^{IA}$, Cap. 16, page 680:وقيل إن نضح بقدر جرة من ماء الزيتون قدر مائة جرة من الطعام لم يفسد ولم تصبه آفة وإن نضح عليه ماء الأفسنتين بقي ولم يفسد.It is said that when a jar of wheat is dampened with a jar of amurca it does not suffer decay nor damage, and if it is dampened with absinthe water, it stays and does not rot.
    Synonyms: قَمْح (qamḥ), حِنْطَة (ḥinṭa), بُرّ (burr), غَلَّة (ḡalla)
* (countable, uncountable, Ḥaḍramawt) grain, cereal

#### Descendants

* Algerian Arabic: طعام (ṭʕām, “couscous”)
* Azerbaijani: taam
* Kazakh: тағам (tağam)
* Maltese: tgħam (“wheat”)
* Moroccan Arabic: طعام (ṭʕām, “couscous”)
* Ottoman Turkish: طعام
** Turkish: taam
* Uyghur: تائام (ta'am)
* Uzbek: taom

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic طَعَام (ṭaʕām, “wheat, grain”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tˤʕaːm/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

طعام • (ṭʿām) m
* couscous
    Synonyms: سكسو (saksu, suksu), كسكسو (ksaksu, ksuksu)

## Urdu
### Etymology

From Arabic طَعَام (ṭaʕām).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /t̪ə.(ʔ)ɑːm/

### Noun

طَعام • (ta'ām) m (Hindi spelling तआम)
* food, victuals

### References

* “طعام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “طعام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.