غُلام
ghulāmun
a son
পুত্র
Learn it in lesson 69About this word
Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: غ ل م
Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an
- Singular (mufrad)غُلَـٰمٌۭ11 times
- Dual (muthannā)لِغُلَـٰمَيْنِ1 times
- Plural (jamʿ)غِلْمَانٌۭ1 times
Forms in the Qur'an
- بِغُلَـٰمٍof a boybighulāmin · 4 times4 times
- غُلَـٰمٌۭa songhulāmun · 3 times3 times
- غُلَـٰمًۭاa boyghulāman · 2 times2 times
- غُلَـٰمٌۭ ۚ(is) a boyghulāmun · 1 times1 times
- ٱلْغُلَـٰمُthe boyl-ghulāmu · 1 times1 times
- لِغُلَـٰمَيْنِfor two orphan boyslighulāmayni · 1 times1 times
Examples from the Qur'an
So We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy.
[The angels] said, "Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy."
There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-protected.