مخدوم

Arabic

Root
خ د م (ḵ d m)
8 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb خَدَمَ (ḵadama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /max.duːm/
• Rhymes: -uːm

Noun

مَخْدُوم • (maḵdūm) (feminine مَخْدُومَة (maḵdūma), masculine plural مَخْدُومُون (maḵdūmūn), feminine plural مَخْدُومَات (maḵdūmāt))

1. passive participle of خَدَمَ (ḵadama)

Declension

Declension of adjective مَخْدُوم (maḵdūm)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَخْدُوم maḵdūm	الْمَخْدُوم al-maḵdūm	مَخْدُومَة maḵdūma	الْمَخْدُومَة al-maḵdūma
Nominative	مَخْدُومٌ maḵdūmun	الْمَخْدُومُ al-maḵdūmu	مَخْدُومَةٌ maḵdūmatun	الْمَخْدُومَةُ al-maḵdūmatu
Accusative	مَخْدُومًا maḵdūman	الْمَخْدُومَ al-maḵdūma	مَخْدُومَةً maḵdūmatan	الْمَخْدُومَةَ al-maḵdūmata
Genitive	مَخْدُومٍ maḵdūmin	الْمَخْدُومِ al-maḵdūmi	مَخْدُومَةٍ maḵdūmatin	الْمَخْدُومَةِ al-maḵdūmati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَخْدُومَيْن maḵdūmayn	الْمَخْدُومَيْن al-maḵdūmayn	مَخْدُومَتَيْن maḵdūmatayn	الْمَخْدُومَتَيْن al-maḵdūmatayn
Nominative	مَخْدُومَانِ maḵdūmāni	الْمَخْدُومَانِ al-maḵdūmāni	مَخْدُومَتَانِ maḵdūmatāni	الْمَخْدُومَتَانِ al-maḵdūmatāni
Accusative	مَخْدُومَيْنِ maḵdūmayni	الْمَخْدُومَيْنِ al-maḵdūmayni	مَخْدُومَتَيْنِ maḵdūmatayni	الْمَخْدُومَتَيْنِ al-maḵdūmatayni
Genitive	مَخْدُومَيْنِ maḵdūmayni	الْمَخْدُومَيْنِ al-maḵdūmayni	مَخْدُومَتَيْنِ maḵdūmatayni	الْمَخْدُومَتَيْنِ al-maḵdūmatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَخْدُومِين maḵdūmīn	الْمَخْدُومِين al-maḵdūmīn	مَخْدُومَات maḵdūmāt	الْمَخْدُومَات al-maḵdūmāt
Nominative	مَخْدُومُونَ maḵdūmūna	الْمَخْدُومُونَ al-maḵdūmūna	مَخْدُومَاتٌ maḵdūmātun	الْمَخْدُومَاتُ al-maḵdūmātu
Accusative	مَخْدُومِينَ maḵdūmīna	الْمَخْدُومِينَ al-maḵdūmīna	مَخْدُومَاتٍ maḵdūmātin	الْمَخْدُومَاتِ al-maḵdūmāti
Genitive	مَخْدُومِينَ maḵdūmīna	الْمَخْدُومِينَ al-maḵdūmīna	مَخْدُومَاتٍ maḵdūmātin	الْمَخْدُومَاتِ al-maḵdūmāti

Noun

مَخْدُوم • (maḵdūm) m (plural مَخَادِيم (maḵādīm), feminine مَخْدُومَة (maḵdūma))

1. master

Declension

Declension of noun مَخْدُوم (maḵdūm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَخْدُوم maḵdūm	الْمَخْدُوم al-maḵdūm	مَخْدُوم maḵdūm
Nominative	مَخْدُومٌ maḵdūmun	الْمَخْدُومُ al-maḵdūmu	مَخْدُومُ maḵdūmu
Accusative	مَخْدُومًا maḵdūman	الْمَخْدُومَ al-maḵdūma	مَخْدُومَ maḵdūma
Genitive	مَخْدُومٍ maḵdūmin	الْمَخْدُومِ al-maḵdūmi	مَخْدُومِ maḵdūmi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَخْدُومَيْن maḵdūmayn	الْمَخْدُومَيْن al-maḵdūmayn	مَخْدُومَيْ maḵdūmay
Nominative	مَخْدُومَانِ maḵdūmāni	الْمَخْدُومَانِ al-maḵdūmāni	مَخْدُومَا maḵdūmā
Accusative	مَخْدُومَيْنِ maḵdūmayni	الْمَخْدُومَيْنِ al-maḵdūmayni	مَخْدُومَيْ maḵdūmay
Genitive	مَخْدُومَيْنِ maḵdūmayni	الْمَخْدُومَيْنِ al-maḵdūmayni	مَخْدُومَيْ maḵdūmay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَخَادِيم maḵādīm	الْمَخَادِيم al-maḵādīm	مَخَادِيم maḵādīm
Nominative	مَخَادِيمُ maḵādīmu	الْمَخَادِيمُ al-maḵādīmu	مَخَادِيمُ maḵādīmu
Accusative	مَخَادِيمَ maḵādīma	الْمَخَادِيمَ al-maḵādīma	مَخَادِيمَ maḵādīma
Genitive	مَخَادِيمَ maḵādīma	الْمَخَادِيمِ al-maḵādīmi	مَخَادِيمِ maḵādīmi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məxdum
• → Ottoman Turkish: مخدوم (mahdum)
  • Turkish: mahdum
• → Persian: مخدوم (maxdum)
• → Turkmen: magtym
• → Urdu: مخدوم
• → Uzbek: maxdum

Further reading

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “مخدوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَخْدُوم (maḵdūm).

Adjective

مخدوم • (mahdum)

1. served by servants

Noun

مخدوم • (mahdum)

1. a lord; a sovereign
   1. especially, a son (as being served by the whole household)

      Synonym: اوغل (oğul)

Related terms

• مخدومه (mahdume)
• مخدومیت (mahdumiyyet)

Descendants

• Turkish: mahdum

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مخدوم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1775

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَخْدُوم (maḵdūm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [max.duːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäx.d̪uːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäx.d̪uːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäx.d̪uːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäx.d̪um]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæx.d̪uːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäχ.d̪um]

Readings
Classical reading?	maxdūm
Dari reading?	maxdūm
Iranian reading?	maxdum
Tajik reading?	maxdum

Adjective

Dari	مخدوم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	махдум

مخدوم • (maxdum)

1. served

Noun

Dari	مخدوم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	махдум

مخدوم • (maxdum) (plural مخادیم (maxâdim))

1. a master or lord

   Antonym: خادم (xâdem)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مخدوم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَخْدُوم (maḵdūm).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məx.d̪uːm/

Noun

مَخدُوم • (maxdūm) m (Hindi spelling मख़दूम)

1. lord

Related terms

• مخدومہ
• مخدومیت

Further reading

• “مخدوم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مخدوم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.