English Explanatory Dictionary

Urum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Turkic language spoken in Ukraine and by a diaspora around the world, including in Georgia.

Pronunciation

/uːˈɹuːm/

Word forms

Urum

Etymology

Derived from the endonym Rûm (Rome), the term for the Byzantine Empire in the Muslim world. See Arabic رُوم (Rūm), Persian روم (Rūm), Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos), etc.

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