ਆਦਮੀ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آدمی (ādamī), from Arabic آدَمِيّ (ʔādamiyy, “human”).

Noun

ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī) m (Shahmukhi آدَمی)

1. man, human being
   • 1604, Guru Nanak, Ādi Granth ang 660:

     ਹਮ ਆਦਮੀ ਹਾਂ ਇਕ ਦਮੀ ਮੁਹਲਤਿ ਮੁਹਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਾ॥

     hama ādamī hāṃ ika damī muhalati muhatu na jāṇā.

     • 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

       We are human beings of the briefest moment; we do not know the appointed time of our departure.

2. servant

Descendants

• Punjabi: ādmī

  Gurmukhi script: ਆਦਮੀ

  Shahmukhi script: آدْمِی

References

• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਆਦਮੀ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 24.
• “ਆਦਮੀ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آدمی (ādamī), from Arabic آدَمِيّ (ʔādamiyy, “human”). First attested as Old Punjabi آدَمی / ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /äːd̪.miː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: ਆਦ‧ਮੀ

Noun

ਆਦਮੀ • (ādmī) m (Shahmukhi spelling آدْمِی)

1. person
2. man

Declension

Declension of ਆਦਮੀ
dir. sg.	ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī)
dir. pl.	ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī)
	singular	plural
direct	ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī)	ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī)
oblique	ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī)	ਆਦਮੀਆਂ (ādamīā̃)
vocative	ਆਦਮੀਆ (ādamīā)	ਆਦਮੀਓ (ādamīo)
ablative	{{{7}}}	—
locative	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
instrumental	{{{11}}}	{{{12}}}

References

• “ਆਦਮੀ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024
• “ਆਦਮੀ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਆਦਮੀ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
• “ਆਦਮੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024