خادم

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Arabic

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خَادِمَة

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xaː.dim/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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خَادِمْ (ḵādimm (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

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Descendants

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Noun

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خَادِم (ḵādimm npers (plural خَوَادِم (ḵawādim))

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

Declension

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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “خادم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 467
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “خادم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], 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

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic خَادِم (ḵādim).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? xāḏim
Dari reading? xādim
Iranian reading? xâdem
Tajik reading? xodim

Noun

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خادم (xâdem) (plural خادمان (xâdemân) or خدام (xoddâm))

  1. servant, servitor
    Synonyms: خدمتکار (xedmatkâr), نوکر (nokar)
    • 2024 May 23, “نام شهید آیت الله رئیسی در تاریخ ایران ماندگار شد”, in irna.ir[3], Islamic Republic News Agency:
      رئیس اداره تبلیغات اسلامی شهرستان آستارا گفت: نام شهید آیت الله رئیسی برای همیشه در تاریخ ایران اسلامی به عنوان رئیس جمهور مردمی و خادم ملت ماندگار شد.
      ra'is-e edâre-ye tabliğât-e eslâmi-ye šahrestân-e âstârâ goft: nâm-e šahid âyatollâh ra'isi barâ-ye hamiše dar târix-e irân-e eslâmi be onvân-e ra'is-jomhur-e mardomi va xâdem-e mellat mândegâr šod.
      The head of the Islamic Propagation Office in Astara County said: "The name of the martyr Ayatollah Ra'isi has become forever eternal in the history of Islamic Iran as a president of the people and servant of the nation."

Further reading

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic خادم (ḵādim).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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خادِم (xādimm (formal plural خُدام (xudām), Hindi spelling ख़ादिम)

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

Synonyms

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See also

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