ajamとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Arabic عَجَم‎ (ʕajam, “non-Arabs; Persians”), or via Persian عجم‎ ('ajam). Doublet of Ayam.

固有名詞

Ajam

1. (historical) A non-Arab.
   • 2015, Richard Francis Burton; John Payne; Andrew Lang, One Thousand and One Nights - Complete Arabian Nights Collection (Delphi Classics), page 305:

     I am Rustam, champion-in-chief of the Arabs and Ajams.

2. (historical) A Persian.
3. (historical) Persia, land of the Iranian peoples.
   • 2011, Muzaffar Alam; Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Writing the Mughal World, page 43:

     ... Sultan Selim sent out a letter to Sultan Muzaar Shah, with an account of his victories in 'Arab, 'Ajam, Egypt, Syria and Aleppo.

4. (music) The name of a maqam.
5. Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian origin.

   Synonym: Ayam

関連する語

• Iraq al-Ajam, Iraq-i Ajam
• Ajami

Further reading

• Ajam on Wikipedia.
• 'Ajam of Kuwait on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• JAMA, Jama