different between aum vs saum

Translingual

Alternative forms

• om

Etymology

From Sanskrit ? (o?).

Noun

aum

1. A common transliteration of ?, the sacred syllable in Hinduism.

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Said to be from Dutch aam”)

Noun

aum (plural aums)

1. (Britain, archaic) A unit of hock equal to approximately 30 gallons.

Anagrams

• AMU, MAU, MUA, Mau, UMA, Uma, amu

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse aumr.

Adjective

aum

1. Sore, delicate, suffering from pain.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse eyma. For the lack of umlaut compare dr?um, as well as auk, rauk.

Verb

aum

1. (intransitive) To hold tenderness, have affection.
2. (intransitive) To feel tender, aching in some limb.

Related terms

• öntj
• öntjes
• öntjes?mm
• öntjele

References

English

Alternative forms

• sawm

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ?????? (?awm, “fasting”).

Noun

saum

1. (Islam) fasting; one of the five pillars of Islam
2. (ecology) A herbaceous border found at the edge of a woodland patch. It is usually found below and farther out from the woodland than the woody shrub mantel and the tree canopy.

Derived terms

• wajib saum
• nathr saum

References

• 1986, R. T. T. Forman and Michel Godron, Landscape Ecology, pp. 108-109.

Anagrams

• AMUs, MSAU, MUAs, Maus, Musa, UMAs, USMA, amus, aums, masu

Icelandic

Noun

saum

1. indefinite accusative singular of saumur

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse saumr.

Noun

saum m (definite singular saumen, indefinite plural saumar, definite plural saumane)

1. seam
2. the act of seaming

See also

• søm (Bokmål)

References

• “saum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.