خادم

Arabic

خَادِمَة

Etymology

Active participle of the verb خَدَمَ (ḵadama, to serve). From the root خ د م (ḵ-d-m).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaː.dim/
  • (file)

Noun

خَادِمْ • (ḵādim) m (plural خَادِمُونَ (ḵādimūna) or خُدَّام (ḵuddām) or خَدَمَة (ḵadama), feminine خَادِم (ḵādim) or خَادِمَة (ḵādima))

  1. domestic servant or (male) manservant (female) maidservant
  2. employee
  3. attendant
  4. waiter (restaurant server)
  5. (Christianity) deacon

Declension

Descendants

Noun

خَادِم • (ḵādim) m npers (plural خَوَادِم (ḵawādim))

  1. (computing) server
    Synonyms: خَادُوم (ḵādūm), مُلَقِّم (mulaqqim)

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “خادم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 467
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “خادم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 712
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “خادم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 267

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خادم (ḵādim).

Pronunciation

Noun

خادِم • (xādim) m (formal plural خُدام (xudām), Hindi spelling ख़ादिम)

  1. domestic servant or (male) manservant
  2. employee, volunteer
  3. attendant
  4. waiter (restaurant server)

Synonyms

See also

  • خادمہ (xādimah)
  • ملازمہ (mulāzimah)
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