رُومٌ
Root: روم
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رُومٌ
The lobe, or lobule, of the ear; as also
رُومٌ .
def.2 الرُّومُ A certain nation, well known; [said by the Arabs to be] descendants of Er-Room, the son of Esau (عيصُو [so called by the Arabs]), the son of Isaac the Prophet; [i. e. the Greeks; generally meaning, of the Lower Empire; but sometimes, only those of Asia; and sometimes those of the Lower Empire together with all the nations of Europe beside: the ancient Greeks are more properly called by the Arabs اليُونَانُ:] one says رُومِىٌّ and رُومٌ; the former of these two appellations being applied to a single person, and the latter being the pl., [or rather a coll. gen. n.,] like زِنْجِىٌّ and زِنْجٌ; the former being distinguished from the latter only by the doubled ى, like as تَمْرَةٌ is distinguished from تَمْرٌ its pl. [or coll. gen. n.] only by the ة: and رُومِىٌّ has for [its proper] pl. أَرْوَامٌ . [It is also applied to The country of the nation, or people, so called, both in Europe and Asia, and sometimes only in Asia. Hence, بَحْرُ الرُّومِ The Sea of the Greeks; meaning the Mediterranean Sea.]
def.2 الرُّومُ A certain nation, well known; [said by the Arabs to be] descendants of Er-Room, the son of Esau (عيصُو [so called by the Arabs]), the son of Isaac the Prophet; [i. e. the Greeks; generally meaning, of the Lower Empire; but sometimes, only those of Asia; and sometimes those of the Lower Empire together with all the nations of Europe beside: the ancient Greeks are more properly called by the Arabs اليُونَانُ:] one says رُومِىٌّ and رُومٌ; the former of these two appellations being applied to a single person, and the latter being the pl., [or rather a coll. gen. n.,] like زِنْجِىٌّ and زِنْجٌ; the former being distinguished from the latter only by the doubled ى, like as تَمْرَةٌ is distinguished from تَمْرٌ its pl. [or coll. gen. n.] only by the ة: and رُومِىٌّ has for [its proper] pl. أَرْوَامٌ . [It is also applied to The country of the nation, or people, so called, both in Europe and Asia, and sometimes only in Asia. Hence, بَحْرُ الرُّومِ The Sea of the Greeks; meaning the Mediterranean Sea.]
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