ਆਦਮੀ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آدمی (ādamī), from Arabic آدَمِيّ (ʔādamiyy, “human”).

Noun

ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī) m (Shahmukhi آدَمی)

1. man, human being
   • 1604, Guru Nanak, Ādi Granth ang 660:

     ਹਮ ਆਦਮੀ ਹਾਂ ਇਕ ਦਮੀ ਮੁਹਲਤਿ ਮੁਹਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਾ॥

     hama ādamī hāṃ ika damī muhalati muhatu na jāṇā.

     • 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

       We are human beings of the briefest moment; we do not know the appointed time of our departure.

2. servant

Descendants

• Punjabi: ādmī

  Gurmukhi script: ਆਦਮੀ

  Shahmukhi script: آدْمِی

References

• Christopher Shackle (2011), “ਆਦਮੀ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2^nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 24
• “ਆਦਮੀ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2026

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *ʔadam-

Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (āḏā́m)bor.

Arabic آدَم (ʔādam)

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic آدَمِيّ (ʔādamiyy)bor.

Classical Persian آدمی (ādamī)bor.

Old Punjabi ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī)

Punjabi ਆਦਮੀ

Borrowed from Classical Persian آدمی (ādamī), from Arabic آدَمِيّ (ʔādamiyy, “human”). By surface analysis, ਆਦਮ (ādam) +‎ -ਈ (-ī)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /äːd̪.miː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: ਆਦ‧ਮੀ

Noun

ਆਦਮੀ • (ādmī) m (Shahmukhi spelling آدْمِی)

1. person
2. man

Declension

Declension of ਆਦਮੀ

	singular	plural
direct	ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī)	ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī)
oblique	ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī)	ਆਦਮੀਆਂ (ādamīā̃)
vocative	ਆਦਮੀਆ (ādamīā)	ਆਦਮੀਓ (ādamīo)
ablative	{{{7}}}	—
locative	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
instrumental	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}

References

• “ਆਦਮੀ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2026
• “ਆਦਮੀ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਆਦਮੀ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
• “ਆਦਮੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026