क़ायम

See also: कायम

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. permanent, firm, fixed, constant

   Synonyms: स्थिर (sthir), स्थायी (sthāyī)

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

References

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