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زحمت · زَحْمَة — trouble, effort, bother (zahmat kešidan 'to go to trouble')

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Arabic

زَحْمَة
zaḥma

/zaħma/

In Arabic

crowding, crush of people; a traffic jam

Arabic says: تَعَب taʿab

Persian

زحمت
zahmat

/zæhmæt/

In Persian

trouble, effort, bother (zahmat kešidan 'to go to trouble')

Root
ز ح م

Note. Arabic zaḥma is a crowd or a traffic jam (zaḥmat sayr); trouble or effort is taʿab.

Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr