Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

qom

/kˈɑm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: qom
IPA: /kˈɑm/

14

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Iran, the seat of Qom County's Central District and the capital of Qom Province, a shrine city and center of Shi'ite seminarian learning.

name

A county of Iran, around the city.

name

A province of Iran.

noun

Synonym of Toba (“a people of Argentina”).

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian قم (qom), from Classical Persian قم (qum).

Inflected Forms

Ghom (alternative) Qum (alternative) Q'um (alternative)

Synonyms

Toba

Homonyms

com comm

Rhymes With

mom tom bomb calm islam vietnam palm com prom dom rom comm

Questions

How do you pronounce qom?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɑm/.
What does qom mean?: A city in Iran, the seat of Qom County's Central District and the capital of Qom Province, a shrine city and center of Shi'ite seminarian learning.
Where does qom come from?: Borrowed from Iranian Persian قم (qom), from Classical Persian قم (qum).

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