Ajam

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ʿAjam (Arabic: عجم, IPA: [ʕædʒæm], lit. 'mute') is an Arabic word for a non-Arab, especially a Persian. It was historically used as a pejorative—figuratively ascribing muteness to those whose native language is not Arabic—during and after the Muslim conquest of Iran.

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