Kum may refer to: * Kum, a Slavic form of a godfather or a

groomsman A groomsman or usher is one of the male attendants to the groom in a wedding ceremony and performs the first speech at the wedding. Usually, the groom selects close friends and relatives to serve as groomsmen, and it is considered an honor to be ...

, similar to a

blood brother Blood brother can refer to two or more men not related by birth who have sworn loyalty to each other. This is in modern times usually done in a ceremony, known as a blood oath, where each person makes a small cut, usually on a finger, hand or ...

* Kum., an abbreviation of the Indian honorific ''

Kumar A coin, around 200 BCE, of the Yaudheyas with depiction of Kumāra Karttikeya">Yaudheyas.html" ;"title="BCE, of the Yaudheyas">BCE, of the Yaudheyas with depiction of Kumāra Karttikeya Kumar (; Sanskrit language, Sanskrit: wikt:कुमा ...

i'', used for unmarried women * Kum (mountain), a mountain in Slovenia * Kum, Cantonese form of

Qin (surname) Qín () (秦) is a common Chinese surname. "Qin" is the hanyu pinyin romanization of the surname for Mandarin, the common dialect of China; other romanizations of the surname include Chin and Jin in Mandarin, Ceon and Cheun in Cantonese, and Tầ ...

(琴) and

Jin (Chinese surname) Jin is the Hanyu pinyin transliteration of a number of Chinese surnames. The most common one, Jīn , literally means "gold" and is 29th in the list of "Hundred Family Surnames". As of 2006, it is ranked the List of common Chinese surnames, 64th ...

(金) *

Guqin The ''guqin'' (; ) is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favoured by scholars and literati as an instrument of great subtlety and refinement, as highlighted b ...

(a.k.a. Kum or Qin), a Cantonese musical instrument (琴) * ''

Kum-Kum is a Japanese animated television series, consisting of 26 episodes. The plot and characters were created by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, and it was directed by Rintaro and first broadcast on TBS between 3 October 1975 and 26 March 1976. The name wa ...

'', an anime * Qom, a city in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

* Qom Province, Iran, whose seat is Qom *

Kum, Mazandaran Kam ( fa, كام, also Romanized as Kām; also known as Kūm) is a village in Sheykh Fazlolah-e Nuri Rural District, Baladeh District, Nur County, Mazandaran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also ...

, Iran *

Kum, West Azerbaijan Kum ( fa, كوم, also Romanized as Kūm) is a village in Shenetal Rural District, Kuhsar District, Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country ...

, Iran *

Qum, Azerbaijan Cum (also Qum, pronounced Gum) is a village and municipality in the Qakh Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcont ...

Christian Kum Christian Kum (; born 13 September 1985) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He formerly played eight years for ADO Den Haag, where he started his career, and two seasons for SC Heerenveen. Club career Kum was born in Frankfurt, West Ge ...

, Dutch footballer *

Kumkum (actress) Kumkum, born Zaibunnisa (08 June 1934 – 28 July 2020), was an Indian actress. She acted in approximately 115 films during her career. She is best known for her roles in ''Mr. X in Bombay'' (1964), ''Mother India'' (1957), ''Son of India'' (1 ...

(a.k.a. Kum Kum), Bollywood actress of 1950s–1970s *

Geum River The Geumgang River is located in South Korea. It is a major river that originates in Jangsu-eup, North Jeolla Province. It flows northward through North Jeolla and North Chungcheong Provinces and then changes direction in the vicinity of Greater ...

(a.k.a. Kum), a river in South Korea *

Kumyk language Kumyk (къумукъ тил,L. S. Levitskaya, "Kumyk language", in ''Languages of the world. Turkic languages'' (1997). (in Russian) qumuq til, قموق تيل) is a Turkic language spoken by about 426,212 people, mainly by the Kumyks, in the D ...

(ISO code kum), a Turkic language spoken by the Kumyks

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