قیامت

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قیامت (qiyāmat), from Arabic قِيَامَة (qiyāma).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /qɪ.jäː.mət̪ᵊ/, [ke.jäː.mət̪ᵊ]

Noun

قِیامَت • (qiyāmat) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਕਿਆਮਤ)

1. (religion, metonymically) doomsday; judgement day
2. calamity; doom

   Synonyms: آفَت (āfat), مُصِیبَت (muṣībat)

3. (loosely) uproar; noise

   Synonyms: رَولا (raulā), شور (śor)

4. (figuratively) destruction; oppression (both narrow and combined senses)

Declension

Declension of قیامت
dir. sg.	قِیامَت (qīyāmat)
dir. pl.	قِیامَتاں (qīyāmatāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	قِیامَت (qīyāmat)	قِیامَتاں (qīyāmatāṉ)
oblique	قِیامَت (qīyāmat)	قِیامَتاں (qīyāmatāṉ)
vocative	قِیامَتے (qīyāmate)	قِیامَتو (qīyāmato)
ablative	قِیامَتوں (qīyāmatoṉ)	—
locative	قِیامَتے (qīyāmate)	قِیامَتِیں (qīyāmatīṉ)
instrumental	قِیامَتے (qīyāmate)	قِیامَتِیں (qīyāmatīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “قِیامَت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਕਿਆਮਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قِیَامَت (qiyāmat), from Arabic قِيَامَة (qiyāma).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qə.jɑː.mət̪/

Noun

قَیَامَت • (qayāmat) f (Hindi spelling क़यामत)

1. doomsday
2. calamity

Derived terms

• قَیَامَت توڑْنَا (qayāmat toṛnā, “to cause calamity, to oppress”)