Japanese

Alternative forms

• 護謨 (rare)

Noun

ゴム ‎(romaji gomu)

1. rubber (pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree)
2. Short for 消しゴム ‎(“an eraser, a rubber”).
3. (slang) Synonym of コンドーム ‎(“a condom”), a rubber

Etymology 2

From Persian قم ‎(Qom, also transliterated as Ghom).

Proper noun

ゴム ‎(romaji Gomu)

1. Qom, a city and province in west-central Iran

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
3. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan