# ܩܘܡܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology

Derived from the verb ܩܵܐܹܡ (qāˀēm, “to rise, stand, last”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [qɑw.mɑː]
* (Urmia) IPA: [qoːmɑː]

### Noun

ܩܵܘܡܵܐ • (qāwmā) m sg (plural ܩܵܘܡܹ̈ܐ (qāwmē))
* rising, rising up, standing
* revolution, insurrection, opposition

#### Derived terms

* ܡܩܲܘܸܡ (mqawwim, “to occur, happen”)

## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

From the root ܩ ܘ ܡ related to rising.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [qawmɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [qawme] (plural)

#### Noun

ܩܘܡܐ • (qawmā) m (plural ܩܘܡܐ (qawmē))
* rising, rising up, standing, standing still
* staying, remaining, rest
* position, state
* base, station
* abode, dwelling
* insurrection
* troop, throng, crowd, group
* opposition
* constancy, stability, abiding, balance
* category
* (architecture) column, pillar
* (nautical) fathom
* (ecclesiastical, dialectal) station, watch, vesper (of the night)
* (astronomy) phase (of the moon, stars, etc.)
* resurrection
* course, office, tenure
* administration
* (in the plural, in the absolute state) age

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”), or this form is directly borrowed from Egyptian into Aramaic and but the alternative forms reflect Greek oblique forms.

#### Alternative forms

* ܩܡܘܙ (qammūz, qāmūz), ܩܡܘܣ (qammūs, qāmūs), ܩܡܘܨ (qammūṣ, qāmūṣ)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [qomːɑ]

#### Noun

ܩܘܡܐ • (qommā) m(uncountable)
* gum particularly of acacia

##### Inflection
### References

* “qwm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, pages 652–653
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 312b–313a
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 495b
* Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pages 1333b–1334a
* “qwm$^2$”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* “qmws$^2$”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* “qmwz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 671
* Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 673
* Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1332
* Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 197–198
* Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 389–390