قیامت

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قیامت (qiyāmat), from Arabic قِيَامَة (qiyāma).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /qɪ.jäː.mət̪ᵊ/, [ke.jäː.mət̪ᵊ]

Noun

قِیامَت • (qiyāmat) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਕਿਆਮਤ)

1. (religion, metonymically) doomsday; judgement day
2. calamity; doom

   Synonyms: آفَت (āfat), مُصِیبَت (muṣībat)

3. (loosely) uproar; noise

   Synonyms: رَولا (raulā), شور (śor)

4. (figuratively) destruction; oppression (both narrow and combined senses)

Declension

Declension of قیامت
dir. sg.	قِیامَت
dir. pl.	قِیامَتاں
	singular	plural
direct	قِیامَت	قِیامَتاں
oblique	قِیامَت	قِیامَتاں
vocative	قِیامَتے	قِیامَتو
ablative	قِیامَتوں	—
locative	قِیامَتے	قِیامَتِیں
instrumental	قِیامَتے	قِیامَتِیں

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “قِیامَت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਕਿਆਮਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قِیَامَت (qiyāmat), from Arabic قِيَامَة (qiyāma).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qə.jɑː.mət̪/

Noun

قَیَامَت • (qayāmat) f (Hindi spelling क़यामत)

1. doomsday
2. calamity

Derived terms

• قَیَامَت توڑْنَا (qayāmat toṛnā, “to cause calamity, to oppress”)