Arabic word sheet
قَوْمٌ
a people
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ق و م
Meaning and usage
A people, people
A body of persons making up a community, or simply people, a group of persons.
زَارَ سَامِي قَوْمًا كُرَمَاءَ.
Sami visited a generous people.
One's own folk, one's tribe
In relation to a person: those on his side, his kin, his tribe.
رَجَعَ سَامِي إِلَى قَوْمِهِ.
Sami went back to his own people.
A company of men
Strictly, a body of men as distinct from women; but the word often takes in men and women together.
جَلَسَ الْقَوْمُ أَمَامَ الدُّكَّانِ.
The men sat in front of the shop.
Plural
أَقْوَامٌ
Word family
What the root means ق و م
The root carries the idea of standing up, the opposite of sitting. From it come rising, a person's standing height, staying in a place, and the one who takes charge of a group's affairs.
to stand up
قَامَ
standing
قِيَامٌ
standing (person)
قَائِمٌ
stature, height
قَامَةٌ
to stay, to reside
أَقَامَ
the one in charge
قَيِّمٌ
Synonyms
group
جَمَاعَةٌ
Names any gathered group, without the idea of a people or of kinship.
clan, close kin
عَشِيرَةٌ
Only names a person's close relatives, a narrower circle.
small band of men
رَهْطٌ
Said of a handful of men, far fewer than a people.