qedûm

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Northern Kurdish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic قَدَم (qadam).

Noun[edit]

qedûm m

  1. feet, legs
  2. (figuratively) strength
    qudûmê min şkestin ― I am weak/I’ve lost all my strength (literally, “my legs are broken”)

Descendants[edit]

  • → Armenian: ղուդում (ġudum)

References[edit]

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “qedûm”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 476b
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “qedûm”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume II, London: Transnational Press, page 153b
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