क़ायम

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See also: कायम

Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic قَائِم (qāʔim). Cognate with Marathi कायम (kāyam).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /qɑː.jəm/, [qäː.jɐ̃m], /kɑː.jəm/, [käː.jɐ̃m]

Adjective[edit]

क़ायम • (qāyam) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling قائم)

permanent, firm, fixed, constant
Synonyms: स्थिर (sthir), स्थायी (sthāyī)

हमारी दोस्ती क़ायम रहे। ― hamārī dostī qāyam rahe. ― May our friendship stay firm.

References[edit]

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क़ायम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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