قم

Verb

 * 1) to sweep, to scoop
 * 2) to go onto and into, to climb on

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology
Immediately from, since the city was founded by Arabs in 685 and because does not occur in native Persian words. The 988 book  offers several etymologies:


 * An Arabic corruption of 🇨🇬, since the site of the city was previously used by shepherds for shelter. This may be the most plausible.
 * An Arabic corruption of the nearby Persian village of.
 * From 🇨🇬, with various religious etymologies (e.g. because the Prophet Muhammad was ordered to "stand up" on the site of the city during his heavenly journey); these are obvious cases of folk etymology.

Proper noun

 * 1) ; a shrine city and center of Shi'ite seminarian learning