Etymology 1
Proto-Indo-European *-mós Persian گرم
From Middle Persian [script needed] (glm /garm/, “warm”), from Proto-Iranian *garmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“to warm, heat”), whence also English warm.[1] Cognate with Khotanese garma- (“hot”), etc.
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گرم • (garm) (comparative گرمتَر (garm-tar), superlative گرمتَرین (garm-tarin))
- warm, hot
- Antonym: سرد (sard, “cold”)
در بیابان هوا خیلی گرم است- dar biyâbân havâ xeyli garm ast.
- In the desert, the weather is very hot.
- (figurative) warm, enthusiastic, passionate
- Antonym: سرد (sard, “cold, lukewarm”)
- (figurative) impressive, charming
- (figurative) friendly
Derived terms
- اسلحه گرم (aslahe garm, “firearm”)
- خون گرم (xun-garm, “sympathetic”)
- دمت گرم (damet garm, “bravo”)
- شیر گرم (šir-garm, “lukewarm”)
- گرم خیز (garm-xiz, “nimble, lively”)
- گرم رو (garm-row, “quick runner”)
- گرم سرد (garm-sard, “tepid, lukewarm”)
- گرما گرم (garmâ-garm, “fresh-hot”)
- گرمسیر (garmsir, “tropical area”)
- گرمی (garmi, “heat”)
Descendants
- → Assamese: গৰম (gorom)
- → Bengali: গরম (gorom)
- → Gujarati: ગરમ (garam)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: गर्म (garm)
- Urdu: گرم (garm)
- → Malay: geram
- → Marathi: गरम (garam)
- → Odia: ଗରମ (garama)
- → Punjabi: ਗਰਮ (garam)
References
Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 161