qadim

Maltese

Root
q-d-m
13 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَدِيم (qadīm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈdiːm/

Adjective

qadim (feminine singular qadima, plural qodma, diminutive qdajjem or qdejjem, comparative eqdem or aqdam or aqdem)

  1. old (of things)
    Antonym: ġdid
    Coordinate term: (of people) xiħ
    • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħolma tan-Natura”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:
      U meta tiġi x-xitwa erħilha teqred
      bir-rxiex, bis-silġ, bil-bard, bir-riħ u rwiefen
      il-ħlejjaq qodma: weraq sfajra u morda,
      u rix mitbiela,
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

  • qadim ta’ pizzolu
  • żminijiet qodma

Uzbek

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai قدیم, from Arabic قَدِيم (qadīm).

Noun

Other scripts
Arabic (Yangi Imlo)
Cyrillic қадим‍
Latin ‍
Afghan Uzbek

qadim (plural qadimlar)

  1. ancient times
    qadimdan ― from ancient times
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