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وَشْم
tattoo /ˈwaʃm/
nounB2#3890 most common
Also: skin marking, body ink
Example sentences
لَها وَشْمٌ جَميلٌ عَلى يَدِها.
She has a beautiful tattoo on her hand.
أُريدُ أَنْ أَرْسُمَ وَشْمًا صَغيرًا.
I want to draw a small tattoo.
يُغَطّي الوَشْمُ ذِراعَهُ بِالكامِلِ.
The tattoo covers his whole arm.
اِخْتارَتْ وَشْمًا يُعَبِّرُ عَنْ ذِكْرى وَالِدِها.
She chose a tattoo that expresses a memory of her father.
تَعْتَبِرُ بَعْضُ الثَّقافاتِ الوَشْمَ رَمْزًا لِلانْتِماءِ القَبَلِيِّ.
Some cultures consider the tattoo a symbol of tribal belonging.
عادَ اهْتِمامُ الشَّبابِ بِفَنِّ الوَشْمِ بَعْدَما كانَ يُنْظَرُ إِلَيْهِ بِرَيْبَةٍ في المُجْتَمَعاتِ المُحافِظَةِ.
Young people's interest in tattoo art returned after it had been viewed with suspicion in conservative societies.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | وَشْمٌ | وُشُومٌ |
| Genitive | وَشْمٍ | وُشُومٍ |
| Accusative | وَشْمًا | وُشُومًا |
| Vocative | يا وَشْمُ | يا وُشُومُ |
Word family
وَشَمَto tattoo, to mark skin
واشِمtattooist
مَوْشومtattooed
تَوْشيمthe act of tattooing
Etymology
Waشm comes from the Arabic root w-sh-m, which covers marking or tracing a design into skin. Classical Arabic dictionaries already record the word for the practice of pricking skin and rubbing in dye or soot to leave a permanent mark. The word is native Semitic vocabulary, not a borrowing from another language family.
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