Iram: meaning, origin and pronunciation
GirlArabic
ارم
إِرَم
Meaning disputedAwaiting scholar review
Iram (ارم, Arabic إِرَم) is most often explained as “Iram, the ancient city of pillars”. Sources disagree, see below. Source: none of Lane, Steingass or Platts has an entry for it.
- Meaning
- Iram, the ancient city of pillars
- معنی
- ارم، ستونوں والا شہر
Meaning disputed
Named in Quran 89:7 as 'Iram of the pillars'; later legend made it a splendid garden, hence the popular sense 'garden of paradise', which is not a dictionary meaning.
The word is real, but sources or popular claims disagree about the name. Each reading is shown with its source.
- Say it
- i-ramAudio recordings coming later
- Other spellings
- Erum · Irum