خدمة

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root خ د م (ḵ-d-m); compare خَدَمَ (ḵadama, “to serve”).

Noun

خِدْمَة • (ḵidma) f (plural خَدَمَات (ḵadamāt) or خِدْمَات (ḵidmāt) or خِدَم (ḵidam))

1. verbal noun of خَدَمَ (ḵadama) (form I)
2. service
3. office
4. official duty
5. work
6. present to a king or superior, gift of homage

Declension

Declension of noun خِدْمَة (ḵidma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِدْمَة ḵidma	الْخِدْمَة al-ḵidma	خِدْمَة ḵidmat
Nominative	خِدْمَةٌ ḵidmatun	الْخِدْمَةُ al-ḵidmatu	خِدْمَةُ ḵidmatu
Accusative	خِدْمَةً ḵidmatan	الْخِدْمَةَ al-ḵidmata	خِدْمَةَ ḵidmata
Genitive	خِدْمَةٍ ḵidmatin	الْخِدْمَةِ al-ḵidmati	خِدْمَةِ ḵidmati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِدْمَتَيْن ḵidmatayn	الْخِدْمَتَيْن al-ḵidmatayn	خِدْمَتَيْ ḵidmatay
Nominative	خِدْمَتَانِ ḵidmatāni	الْخِدْمَتَانِ al-ḵidmatāni	خِدْمَتَا ḵidmatā
Accusative	خِدْمَتَيْنِ ḵidmatayni	الْخِدْمَتَيْنِ al-ḵidmatayni	خِدْمَتَيْ ḵidmatay
Genitive	خِدْمَتَيْنِ ḵidmatayni	الْخِدْمَتَيْنِ al-ḵidmatayni	خِدْمَتَيْ ḵidmatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِدْمَات‎; خِدَم ḵidmāt‎; ḵidam	الْخِدْمَات‎; الْخِدَم al-ḵidmāt‎; al-ḵidam	خِدْمَات‎; خِدَم ḵidmāt‎; ḵidam
Nominative	خِدْمَاتٌ‎; خِدَمٌ ḵidmātun‎; ḵidamun	الْخِدْمَاتُ‎; الْخِدَمُ al-ḵidmātu‎; al-ḵidamu	خِدْمَاتُ‎; خِدَمُ ḵidmātu‎; ḵidamu
Accusative	خِدْمَاتٍ‎; خِدَمًا ḵidmātin‎; ḵidaman	الْخِدْمَاتِ‎; الْخِدَمَ al-ḵidmāti‎; al-ḵidama	خِدْمَاتِ‎; خِدَمَ ḵidmāti‎; ḵidama
Genitive	خِدْمَاتٍ‎; خِدَمٍ ḵidmātin‎; ḵidamin	الْخِدْمَاتِ‎; الْخِدَمِ al-ḵidmāti‎; al-ḵidami	خِدْمَاتِ‎; خِدَمِ ḵidmāti‎; ḵidami

Descendants

• Persian: خدمت
  • Azerbaijani: xidmət
  • Hindustani:
    • Urdu: خدمت
    • Hindi: ख़िदमत (xidmat)
  • Turkish: hizmet
  • Kazakh: қызмет (qyzmet)
  • Kyrgyz: кызмат (kızmat)
  • Punjabi: خدمت (xdmt)
  • Tajik: хизмат (xizmat)
  • Uzbek: xizmat
  • Turkmen: hyzmat
• Swahili: huduma

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خدمة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “خدمة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

خَدْمَة • (ḵadma) f

1. verbal noun of خَدَمَ (ḵadama) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun خَدْمَة (ḵadma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَدْمَة ḵadma	الْخَدْمَة al-ḵadma	خَدْمَة ḵadmat
Nominative	خَدْمَةٌ ḵadmatun	الْخَدْمَةُ al-ḵadmatu	خَدْمَةُ ḵadmatu
Accusative	خَدْمَةً ḵadmatan	الْخَدْمَةَ al-ḵadmata	خَدْمَةَ ḵadmata
Genitive	خَدْمَةٍ ḵadmatin	الْخَدْمَةِ al-ḵadmati	خَدْمَةِ ḵadmati