bima

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بِمَ

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ب م م

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قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِي عَلَىٰ أَنْ مَسَّنِيَ الْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ

The Qurʾān, page 265 →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries
  • بَمٌّ bass
    [The bass in music; used in this sense in the present day: or particularly the bass notes of the lute: in this sense F seems to have understood the saying of ISd that] the بَمّ of the lute is well known: (M, K: [in the CK, البَمَّ مِنَ العُوْدِ او الوَتَرِ الخ is erroneously put for البَمُّ مِنَ العُودِ مٓ أَوِ الوَتَرُ الخ:]) or (so in the K) it is the thick [or bass] chord of the lute: (S, K:) the word is foreign: (M:) [in Persian بَمْ:] Az says that it is not Arabic. (TA.)
  • بُمٌّ Open entry
    i. q. بُومٌ, q. v. (K.)

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