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خاتَم
ring /ˈxaː.tam/
nounA2#1371 most common
Also: signet ring, seal, signet, the last in a series (figurative, as in 'Seal of the Prophets')
Example sentences
هٰذا خاتَمٌ جَميلٌ.
This is a beautiful ring.
اِشتَرَيتُ خاتَماً مِن ذَهَبٍ.
I bought a gold ring.
نَسِيَتْ خاتَمَها على حافّةِ الحَوض.
She forgot her ring on the edge of the sink.
قَدَّمَ لها خاتَمَ الخُطوبةِ أمامَ العائلةِ كُلِّها.
He gave her the engagement ring in front of the whole family.
نَقَشَ المَلِكُ اسمَهُ على الخاتَمِ لِيَختِمَ بِهِ رَسائِلَهُ الرَّسميّة.
The king engraved his name on the signet ring to seal his official letters with it.
يُعَدُّ خاتَمُ سُلَيْمانَ في التُّراثِ الشَّرقيِّ رَمزاً لِلحِكمةِ ولِسُلطانٍ يُخضِعُ الجِنَّ.
In Eastern tradition, the Seal of Solomon is regarded as a symbol of wisdom and of a power that subdues the jinn.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خاتَمٌ (khātamun) | خَواتِمُ (khawātimu) |
| Genitive | خاتَمٍ (khātamin) | خَواتِمَ (khawātima) |
| Accusative | خاتَماً (khātaman) | خَواتِمَ (khawātima) |
| Vocative | يا خاتَمُ (yā khātamu) | يا خَواتِمُ (yā khawātimu) |
Word family
خَتَمَ (khatama)to seal, to conclude
خِتام (khitām)conclusion, ending
خاتِمة (khātima)epilogue, final part
مَختوم (makhtūm)sealed, stamped
خَتْم (khatm)sealing; a stamp or seal
Etymology
خاتَم comes from the Semitic root kh-t-m, meaning 'to seal' or 'to conclude.' People pressed a signet ring into clay or wax to close a document, so one word came to cover both the ring and the seal it left. The related sense of finality survives in the phrase 'Seal of the Prophets.'
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