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475 times in the Quran · 1 word form · rank 14
The Quran root ي و م y-w-m
Words built from the root ي و م ([y-w-m]) appear 475 times in the Quran. The most common is يَوْم, “Day”, which comes 475 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| يَوْم | yawm | Day · that day | 475 |
Examples from the Quran
مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ ٤
يَوْمِ yawmi · (of the) Day
Sovereign of the Day of Recompense. (Surah Al-Fatihah, 1:4)
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَمَا هُم بِمُؤْمِنِينَ ٨
وَبِالْيَوْمِ wabil-yawmi · and in the Day
And of the people are some who say, "We believe in Allāh and the Last Day," but they are not believers. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:8)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 25×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 17×
- Surah Ghafir · 16×
- Surah Hud · 15×
- Surah Al-Mursalat · 15×
- Surah Maryam · 13×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.
