Arabic edit

Root
خ د م (ḵ-d-m)

Etymology 1 edit

Root
خ د م (ḵ-d-m)

The active participle of اِسْتَخْدَمَ (istaḵdama, to use, hire), verb form X.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

مُسْتَخْدِم (mustaḵdimm (plural مُسْتَخْدِمُون (mustaḵdimūn), feminine مُسْتَخْدِمَة (mustaḵdima))

  1. (business) employer
  2. (computing) user
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Root
خ د م (ḵ-d-m)

The passive participle of اِسْتَخْدَمَ (istaḵdama, to use, hire), verb form X.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

مُسْتَخْدَم (mustaḵdamm (plural مُسْتَخْدَمُون (mustaḵdamūn), feminine مُسْتَخْدَمَة (mustaḵdama))

  1. (business) employee
  2. (government) official
Declension edit
Descendants edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “خدم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN