خادم

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Arabic[edit]

خَادِمَة

Etymology[edit]

Active participle of the verb خَدَمَ (ḵadama, to serve). From the root خ د م (ḵ-d-m).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /xaː.dim/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

خَادِمْ (ḵādimm (plural خَادِمُونَ (ḵādimūna) or خُدَّام (ḵuddām) or خَدَمَة (ḵadama), feminine خَادِم (ḵādim) or خَادِمَة (ḵādima))

  1. domestic servant or (male) manservant (female) maidservant
  2. employee
  3. attendant
  4. waiter (restaurant server)
  5. (Christianity) deacon

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Noun[edit]

خَادِم (ḵādimm npers (plural خَوَادِم (ḵawādim))

  1. (computing) server
    Synonyms: خَادُوم (ḵādūm), مُلَقِّم (mulaqqim)

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “خادم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 467
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “خادم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 712
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “خادم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 267

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic خادم (ḵādim).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

خادِم (xādimm (formal plural خُدام (xudām), Hindi spelling ख़ादिम)

  1. domestic servant or (male) manservant
  2. employee, volunteer
  3. attendant
  4. waiter (restaurant server)

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