يتيم

See also: یتیم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ي ت م (y-t-m), from Proto-Semitic *yatam- (“to be fatherless or without a guardian, to be without support of family or tribe, to be disenfranchised or alone”). Compare Aramaic יַתְמָא (yaṯmā), Classical Syriac ܝܲܬ݂ܡܵܐ (yaṯmā), Phoenician 𐤉‬𐤕‬𐤌 (y‬t‬m‬), Classical Mandaic ࡉࡀࡕࡉࡌࡀ (yatima), Hebrew יָתוֹם (yatóm), Tigre ያፓም (yattam), and Ugaritic 𐎊𐎚𐎎 (ytm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja.tiːm/

Adjective

يَتِيم • (yatīm) (feminine يَتِيمَة (yatīma), common plural يَتَامَى (yatāmā), masculine plural أَيْتَام (ʔaytām) or يَتِيمُونَ (yatīmūna), feminine plural يَتِيمَات (yatīmāt) or يَتَائِم (yatāʔim))

1. orphan
2. unique of its kind, unequalled, unmatched, incomparable

Declension

Declension of adjective يَتِيم (yatīm)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	يَتِيم yatīm	الْيَتِيم al-yatīm	يَتِيمَة yatīma	الْيَتِيمَة al-yatīma
Nominative	يَتِيمٌ yatīmun	الْيَتِيمُ al-yatīmu	يَتِيمَةٌ yatīmatun	الْيَتِيمَةُ al-yatīmatu
Accusative	يَتِيمًا yatīman	الْيَتِيمَ al-yatīma	يَتِيمَةً yatīmatan	الْيَتِيمَةَ al-yatīmata
Genitive	يَتِيمٍ yatīmin	الْيَتِيمِ al-yatīmi	يَتِيمَةٍ yatīmatin	الْيَتِيمَةِ al-yatīmati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	يَتِيمَيْن yatīmayn	الْيَتِيمَيْن al-yatīmayn	يَتِيمَتَيْن yatīmatayn	الْيَتِيمَتَيْن al-yatīmatayn
Nominative	يَتِيمَانِ yatīmāni	الْيَتِيمَانِ al-yatīmāni	يَتِيمَتَانِ yatīmatāni	الْيَتِيمَتَانِ al-yatīmatāni
Accusative	يَتِيمَيْنِ yatīmayni	الْيَتِيمَيْنِ al-yatīmayni	يَتِيمَتَيْنِ yatīmatayni	الْيَتِيمَتَيْنِ al-yatīmatayni
Genitive	يَتِيمَيْنِ yatīmayni	الْيَتِيمَيْنِ al-yatīmayni	يَتِيمَتَيْنِ yatīmatayni	الْيَتِيمَتَيْنِ al-yatīmatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote‎; sound masculine plural‎; broken plural invariable		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote‎; broken plural invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَيْتَام‎; يَتِيمِين‎; يَتَامَى ʔaytām‎; yatīmīn‎; yatāmā	الْأَيْتَام‎; الْيَتِيمِين‎; الْيَتَامَى al-ʔaytām‎; al-yatīmīn‎; al-yatāmā	يَتِيمَات‎; يَتَائِم‎; يَتَامَى yatīmāt‎; yatāʔim‎; yatāmā	الْيَتِيمَات‎; الْيَتَائِم‎; الْيَتَامَى al-yatīmāt‎; al-yatāʔim‎; al-yatāmā
Nominative	أَيْتَامٌ‎; يَتِيمُونَ‎; يَتَامَى ʔaytāmun‎; yatīmūna‎; yatāmā	الْأَيْتَامُ‎; الْيَتِيمُونَ‎; الْيَتَامَى al-ʔaytāmu‎; al-yatīmūna‎; al-yatāmā	يَتِيمَاتٌ‎; يَتَائِمُ‎; يَتَامَى yatīmātun‎; yatāʔimu‎; yatāmā	الْيَتِيمَاتُ‎; الْيَتَائِمُ‎; الْيَتَامَى al-yatīmātu‎; al-yatāʔimu‎; al-yatāmā
Accusative	أَيْتَامًا‎; يَتِيمِينَ‎; يَتَامَى ʔaytāman‎; yatīmīna‎; yatāmā	الْأَيْتَامَ‎; الْيَتِيمِينَ‎; الْيَتَامَى al-ʔaytāma‎; al-yatīmīna‎; al-yatāmā	يَتِيمَاتٍ‎; يَتَائِمَ‎; يَتَامَى yatīmātin‎; yatāʔima‎; yatāmā	الْيَتِيمَاتِ‎; الْيَتَائِمَ‎; الْيَتَامَى al-yatīmāti‎; al-yatāʔima‎; al-yatāmā
Genitive	أَيْتَامٍ‎; يَتِيمِينَ‎; يَتَامَى ʔaytāmin‎; yatīmīna‎; yatāmā	الْأَيْتَامِ‎; الْيَتِيمِينَ‎; الْيَتَامَى al-ʔaytāmi‎; al-yatīmīna‎; al-yatāmā	يَتِيمَاتٍ‎; يَتَائِمَ‎; يَتَامَى yatīmātin‎; yatāʔima‎; yatāmā	الْيَتِيمَاتِ‎; الْيَتَائِمِ‎; الْيَتَامَى al-yatīmāti‎; al-yatāʔimi‎; al-yatāmā

Descendants

• Maltese: ltim
• Moroccan Arabic: يتيم (ytīm)
• → Azerbaijani: yetim
• → Bashkir: етем (yetem), йәтим (yətim)
• → Bengali: এতিম (etim)
• → Crimean Tatar: yetim
• → Hindi: यतीम (yatīm)
• → Indonesian: yatim
• → Kazakh: жетім (jetım)
• → Kyrgyz: жетим (jetim)
• → Kumyk: етим (yetim)
• Kurdish:

  → Northern Kurdish: êtîm, yetîm

  → Central Kurdish: ھەتیو (hetîw), ھەتیم (hetîm)

  → Southern Kurdish: یەتیم (yetîm)

• → Javanese: yatim
• → Lezgi: етим (etim)
• → Ottoman Turkish: یتیم (yetim)
  • Turkish: yetim
  • → Albanian: jetim
  • → Armenian: եթիմ (etʻim)
  • → Georgian: ჲეთიმი (yetimi)
  • → Laz: ჲეთიმი (yetimi)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: jètīm／јѐтӣм
  • → Ubykh: еҭым (etəm)
• → Swahili: yatima
• → Persian: یتیم (yatim)
• → Salar: yetim
• → Sindhi: يتيم
• → Talysh: yətim
• → Tatar: ятим (yatim), ятимә (yatimä)
• → Turkmen: ýetim
• → Urdu: یتیم (etem)
• → Uyghur: يىتىم (yitim)
• → Uzbek: yetim

References

• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “يتيم”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “يتيم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “يتيم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic يَتِيم (yatīm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jtiːm/

Noun

يتيم • (ytīm) m (plural يتام (ytām) or يتامى (ytāma) or يتامى (yatāma), feminine يتيمة (ytīma))

1. orphan