Numbers and Measure
کم
/ kam /
adverb · little, few
Meaning
معنی۱
Saying something is کم can be polite ritual. When a host says غذا کمه (ghazâ kame, "the food is too little"), they almost certainly cooked enough for fifteen people. This is taarof: insisting on insufficiency to invite the guest to eat more. Recognize the move and respond with نه، خیلی هم زیاده (na, kheyli ham ziâde, "no, it's plenty"). The kam-ziâd ping-pong is half of Iranian dinner-table grammar.
In a sentence
مثالپول کم دارم
pul-e kam dâram
I have little money
کم میخوابم
kam mikhâbam
I sleep little
کم حرف میزنه
kam harf mizane
he/she doesn't talk much
این برنج کمه
in berenj kame
this rice is too little
کمکم یاد میگیری
kam-kam yâd migiri
little by little you'll learn
In its constellation
در پیوندNo word stands alone. Follow a thread to the words it lives beside — hover to read one, click to open it.
کمkam
زیادziâdخیلیkheyliسنگ بزرگ نشانه نزدنهsang-e bozorg neshâne-ye nazadan-astدروغ حافظه نداردdorugh hâfeze nadâradوزن کم کردنvazn kam kardanیه کمye kamکمkam
keeps company with ۶ words
