qadim

Maltese

Root
q-d-m
13 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَدِيم (qadīm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdiːm/

Adjective

qadim (feminine singular qadima, plural qodma, diminutive qdajjem or qdejjem, comparative eqdem or aqdam or aqdem)

1. old (of things)

   Antonym: ġdid

   Coordinate term: (of people) xiħ

   • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħolma tan-Natura”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:

     U meta tiġi x-xitwa erħilha teqred
     bir-rxiex, bis-silġ, bil-bard, bir-riħ u rwiefen
     il-ħlejjaq qodma: weraq sfajra u morda,
     u rix mitbiela,

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• qadim ta’ pizzolu
• żminijiet qodma

 

Uzbek

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai قدیم, from Arabic قَدِيم (qadīm).

Noun

Other scripts
Cyrillic	қадим (qadim)‍
Latin	‍
Perso-Arabic

qadim (plural qadimlar)

1. ancient times

   qadimdan ― from ancient times