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- Gulf Arabic · borrowed fromعَيَم“Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian descent”
- English todayAyam
Borrowed from Gulf Arabic عَيَم (ʕayam, “Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian descent”), plural of عيمي (ʕīmi), from Classical Arabic عَجَم (ʕajam, “non-Arabs, especially Persians”). Doublet of Ajam and aljamiado.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.