what does the Urdu word "yum" [یم] mean?

Nain · June 4, 2013, 3:17pm

Re: what does the Urdu word “yum” یم] mean?

**some information from the book Lughaat ul Quran (for Bahr and Yumm)
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Al-bahr means to split, or tear on a large scale. The sea and river are also called ‘bahr’ because in a way they are dug into the earth. The female camel which had given birth toten camels were let to roam free in the name of the idols after splitting its ears and she was called ‘baheera’; Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan writes that the words in which baa and haa appear together also signify investigation or to take one thing out of another. Ibn Faris with reference to Khalil, says that ‘bahr’ is so called because of its vastness; a river which flows continuously is also called ‘bahr’; the sea is called ‘bahr kabeer’ ; Kitabul Ashqaq says that a great body of water ( whether brackish or drinkable ) is called ‘bahr’; ‘Bahr’ actually means the place where a lot of water has accumulated; Cultivable land is also called ‘bahr’; also cities; especially the cities which are situated near sea or rivers;

zaharal fasado fil bar-rey wal bahr: 30:41 also may mean that those societies which exist on land and those which exist on water, all societies have become inequitable; and also that all societies of the world on land and water have been infested with vile; in the meaning of land and water (the sea and dry land) these words have appeared in 17: 67.

Also see heading yeh, miim, miim; in the tale about Hazrat Moosa crossing the river, and Firoun’s drowning , the words ‘bahr’ and ‘yum’ have been used 2:50 and 2:77 and 78.