مقیم

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُقِيم (muqīm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.ˈqiːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.qíːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.qíːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.qíːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.qím]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ʁíːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.qím]

Readings
Classical reading?	muqīm
Dari reading?	muqīm
Iranian reading?	moğim
Tajik reading?	muqim

Noun

مقیم • (moqim) (plural مقیمین (moqimin))

1. resident, inhabitant

   Synonym: ساکن (sâken)

   او مقیم خارج است.

   u moqim-e xârej ast.

   He is residing abroad.

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 89:

     در کنج نامرادی خواهم مقیم گردم
     دردا که در کفم نیست از صبر اختیاری

     dar kunj-i nāmurādī xwāham muqīm gardam
     dardā ki dar kaffam nēst az sabr ixtiyārē

     I shall be a resident in the nook of disappointment;
     Alas that there is no option for patience in my hands!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مقیم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مقیم”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مقیم (muqīm), from Arabic مقيم.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.qiːm/

Noun

مُقِیم • (muqīm) m (Hindi spelling मुक़ीम)

1. resident