Borrowed fromArabicرَسْم(rasm).
rasm
- The baseshape of an Arabic-scriptletter, withoutdots thatdistinguish it from other letters.
2017, J. R. Osborn,Letters of Light:Higher layers flesh outrasm; they provide body, specificity, and personality. Milo labels these shapes “archigraphemes,” the foundational structures on which graphemes are built. Although the Arabic abjad consists of twenty-eight letters,[…]
- Astyle ofArabicwriting that omits these dots, often used in the early centuries of Classical Arabic literature (7th–11th centuries).
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From Pre-Palauan*racum, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*zaʀum, fromProto-Austronesian*zaʀum. Cognate withPaiwandjaum,Cebuanodagum,Malayjarum,Eastern Chamꨎꨣꨭꩌ(jarum).
rasm
- needle
