قائم

See also: قايم

Arabic

Root
ق و م (q w m)
27 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qaː.ʔim/

Adjective

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

Declension

Declension of adjective قَائِم (qāʔim)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَائِم qāʔim	الْقَائِم al-qāʔim	قَائِمَة qāʔima	الْقَائِمَة al-qāʔima
Nominative	قَائِمٌ qāʔimun	الْقَائِمُ al-qāʔimu	قَائِمَةٌ qāʔimatun	الْقَائِمَةُ al-qāʔimatu
Accusative	قَائِمًا qāʔiman	الْقَائِمَ al-qāʔima	قَائِمَةً qāʔimatan	الْقَائِمَةَ al-qāʔimata
Genitive	قَائِمٍ qāʔimin	الْقَائِمِ al-qāʔimi	قَائِمَةٍ qāʔimatin	الْقَائِمَةِ al-qāʔimati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَائِمَيْن qāʔimayn	الْقَائِمَيْن al-qāʔimayn	قَائِمَتَيْن qāʔimatayn	الْقَائِمَتَيْن al-qāʔimatayn
Nominative	قَائِمَانِ qāʔimāni	الْقَائِمَانِ al-qāʔimāni	قَائِمَتَانِ qāʔimatāni	الْقَائِمَتَانِ al-qāʔimatāni
Accusative	قَائِمَيْنِ qāʔimayni	الْقَائِمَيْنِ al-qāʔimayni	قَائِمَتَيْنِ qāʔimatayni	الْقَائِمَتَيْنِ al-qāʔimatayni
Genitive	قَائِمَيْنِ qāʔimayni	الْقَائِمَيْنِ al-qāʔimayni	قَائِمَتَيْنِ qāʔimatayni	الْقَائِمَتَيْنِ al-qāʔimatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَائِمِين‎; قُوَّام‎; قِيَام‎; قُيَّام‎; قُوَّم‎; قُيَّم qāʔimīn‎; quwwām‎; qiyām‎; quyyām‎; quwwam‎; quyyam	الْقَائِمِين‎; الْقُوَّام‎; الْقِيَام‎; الْقُيَّام‎; الْقُوَّم‎; الْقُيَّم al-qāʔimīn‎; al-quwwām‎; al-qiyām‎; al-quyyām‎; al-quwwam‎; al-quyyam	قَائِمَات‎; قَوَائِم‎; قُوَّم‎; قُيَّم qāʔimāt‎; qawāʔim‎; quwwam‎; quyyam	الْقَائِمَات‎; الْقَوَائِم‎; الْقُوَّم‎; الْقُيَّم al-qāʔimāt‎; al-qawāʔim‎; al-quwwam‎; al-quyyam
Nominative	قَائِمُونَ‎; قُوَّامٌ‎; قِيَامٌ‎; قُيَّامٌ‎; قُوَّمٌ‎; قُيَّمٌ qāʔimūna‎; quwwāmun‎; qiyāmun‎; quyyāmun‎; quwwamun‎; quyyamun	الْقَائِمُونَ‎; الْقُوَّامُ‎; الْقِيَامُ‎; الْقُيَّامُ‎; الْقُوَّمُ‎; الْقُيَّمُ al-qāʔimūna‎; al-quwwāmu‎; al-qiyāmu‎; al-quyyāmu‎; al-quwwamu‎; al-quyyamu	قَائِمَاتٌ‎; قَوَائِمُ‎; قُوَّمٌ‎; قُيَّمٌ qāʔimātun‎; qawāʔimu‎; quwwamun‎; quyyamun	الْقَائِمَاتُ‎; الْقَوَائِمُ‎; الْقُوَّمُ‎; الْقُيَّمُ al-qāʔimātu‎; al-qawāʔimu‎; al-quwwamu‎; al-quyyamu
Accusative	قَائِمِينَ‎; قُوَّامًا‎; قِيَامًا‎; قُيَّامًا‎; قُوَّمًا‎; قُيَّمًا qāʔimīna‎; quwwāman‎; qiyāman‎; quyyāman‎; quwwaman‎; quyyaman	الْقَائِمِينَ‎; الْقُوَّامَ‎; الْقِيَامَ‎; الْقُيَّامَ‎; الْقُوَّمَ‎; الْقُيَّمَ al-qāʔimīna‎; al-quwwāma‎; al-qiyāma‎; al-quyyāma‎; al-quwwama‎; al-quyyama	قَائِمَاتٍ‎; قَوَائِمَ‎; قُوَّمًا‎; قُيَّمًا qāʔimātin‎; qawāʔima‎; quwwaman‎; quyyaman	الْقَائِمَاتِ‎; الْقَوَائِمَ‎; الْقُوَّمَ‎; الْقُيَّمَ al-qāʔimāti‎; al-qawāʔima‎; al-quwwama‎; al-quyyama
Genitive	قَائِمِينَ‎; قُوَّامٍ‎; قِيَامٍ‎; قُيَّامٍ‎; قُوَّمٍ‎; قُيَّمٍ qāʔimīna‎; quwwāmin‎; qiyāmin‎; quyyāmin‎; quwwamin‎; quyyamin	الْقَائِمِينَ‎; الْقُوَّامِ‎; الْقِيَامِ‎; الْقُيَّامِ‎; الْقُوَّمِ‎; الْقُيَّمِ al-qāʔimīna‎; al-quwwāmi‎; al-qiyāmi‎; al-quyyāmi‎; al-quwwami‎; al-quyyami	قَائِمَاتٍ‎; قَوَائِمَ‎; قُوَّمٍ‎; قُيَّمٍ qāʔimātin‎; qawāʔima‎; quwwamin‎; quyyamin	الْقَائِمَاتِ‎; الْقَوَائِمِ‎; الْقُوَّمِ‎; الْقُيَّمِ al-qāʔimāti‎; al-qawāʔimi‎; al-quwwami‎; al-quyyami

Descendants

• Hijazi Arabic: قايم (gāyim)
• → Azerbaijani: qaim
• → Georgian: ყაიმი (q̇aimi)
• → Hausa: ƙa'imi
• → Persian: قائم
  • → Bengali: কায়েম (kaẏem)
  • → Gujarati: કાયમ (kāyam)
  • → Hindustani:

    → Hindi: क़ायम (qāyam)

    → Urdu: قائِم (qāim), قایم (qāem)

  • → Marathi: कायम (kāyam)
  • → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਇਮ (kāima)
  • Shahmukhi script: قایم (qāym)
• → Ottoman Turkish: قائم (ḳaʾim)
  • Turkish: kaim, kayım
• → Swahili: kaimu

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• کیم (kem)

Etymology

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

Adjective

قائم • (qā'im) (Gurmukhi spelling ਕਾਇਮ)

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

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɑː.jɪm/

Adjective

قائِم • (qāim) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling क़ाइम)

1. unwavering, fixed, firm
2. established

Further reading

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