قائم

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See also: قايم

Arabic

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Root
ق و م (q w m)
27 terms

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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قَائِم (qāʔim) (common plural قُوَّم (quwwam) or قُيَّم (quyyam), masculine plural قَائِمُون (qāʔimūn) or قُوَّام (quwwām) or قِيَام (qiyām) or قُيَّام (quyyām), feminine plural قَائِمَات (qāʔimāt) or قَوَائِم (qawāʔim))

  1. active participle of قَامَ (qāma)
  2. vertical, erect, upright
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:64:
      وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّدًا وَقِيَامًا
      wallaḏīna yabītūna lirabbihim sujjadan waqiyāman
      ˹They are˺ those who spend ˹a good portion of˺ the night, prostrating themselves and standing before their Lord.
  3. (geometry) perpendicular

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Descendants

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Punjabi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian قَائِم (qā'im), from Arabic قَائِم (qāʔim).

Adjective

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قائم (qā'im) (Gurmukhi spelling ਕਾਇਮ)

  1. established, set-up, existing
  2. firm

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian قَائِم (qā'im), from Arabic قَائِم (qāʔim).

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Adjective

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قائِم (qāim) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling क़ाइम)

  1. unwavering, fixed, firm
  2. established

Further reading

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  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قائم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 460