Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elham

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables
el-ham
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A unisex given name from Persian or Arabic.

name

A surname from Persian.

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian الهام (elhâm), itself borrowed from Arabic إِلْهَام (ʔilhām, “inspiration”). Related to Ilham.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: الهام, إِلْهَام, -

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does elham mean?
A unisex given name from Persian or Arabic.
Where does elham come from?
It is traced to Persian.

How to pronounce elham

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