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عام

ʿāmin

year(s)

বছর (পর্যন্ত)

Root letters: ع و مAppears 9 times in the Qur'an#909 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 91

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ع و م

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)عَامٍۢ8 times
  • Dual (muthannā)عَامَيْنِ1 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • عَامٍۢyear(s)ʿāmin · 3 times
  • عَامًۭاone yearʿāman · 3 times
  • عَامِهِمْthis, their (final) yearʿāmihim · 1 times
  • عَامٌۭa yearʿāmun · 1 times
  • عَامَيْنِtwo yearsʿāmayni · 1 times

Examples from the Qur'an

Then will come after that a year in which the people will be given rain and in which they will press [olives and grapes]."

Surah 12:49 — Read full ayah

Do they not see that they are tried every year once or twice but then they do not repent nor do they remember?

Surah 9:126 — Read full ayah

And We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years minus fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers.

Surah 29:14 — Read full ayah