qedûm

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• qidûm, qudum, qudûm, qedem

Etymology

From Arabic قَدَم (qadam).

Noun

qedûm m

1. feet, legs
2. (figuratively) strength

   qudûmê min şkestin ― I am weak/I’ve lost all my strength (literally, “my legs are broken”)

Descendants

• → Armenian: ղուդում (ġudum)

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “qedûm”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 476b
• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “qedûm”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume II, London: Transnational Press, page 153b