आदिम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आदिम (ādima). By surface analysis, आदि (ādi) +‎ -इम (-im).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.d̪ɪm/, [äː.d̪ɪ̃m]

Adjective

आदिम • (ādim) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling آدم)

1. initial, primeval, early, archaic

   आदिम-हिन्द-यूरोपीय भाषा ― ādim-hind-yūropīya bhāṣā ― Proto-Indo-European language

   • c. 1930, Rahul Sankrityayan, अथातो घुमक्कड़-जिज्ञासा [athāto ghumakkaṛ-jijñāsā]:

     प्राकृतिक आदिम मनुष्ये परम घुमक्कड़ था। खेती, बागबानी तथा घर-द्वार से मुक्त वह आकाश के पक्षियों की भाँति पृथ्वी पर सदा विचरण करता था

     prākŕtik ādim manuṣye parm ghumakkaṛ thā. khetī, bāgbānī tathā ghar-dvār se mukt vah ākāś ke pakṣiyõ kī bhā̃ti pŕthvī par sadā vicraṇ kartā thā

     The natural, primeval man was the wanderer’s paragon. Free from farming, gardening and husbandry he dwelled the whole Earth as birds the sky.

Derived terms

• आदिमवाद (ādimvād, “primitivism”)

Further reading

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আদিম (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬤᬶᬫ (Balinese script)
• আদিম (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰟𑰰𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀤𑀺𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• အာဒိမ (Burmese script)
• આદિમ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਦਿਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌦𑌿𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦢꦶꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂠𑂱𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಆದಿಮ (Kannada script)
• អាទិម (Khmer script)
• ອາທິມ (Lao script)
• ആദിമ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡩᡳᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘟𑘱𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢑᠢᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦿𑧒𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐡𑐶𑐩 (Newa script)
• ଆଦିମ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢣꢶꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆢𑆴𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖟𑖰𑖦 (Siddham script)
• ආදිම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩭𑩑𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚛𑚮𑚢 (Takri script)
• ஆதி³ம (Tamil script)
• ఆదిమ (Telugu script)
• อาทิม (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་དི་མ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒠𑒱𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨛𑨁𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From आदि (ādi, “beginning, origin”) +‎ -इम (-ima).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.di.mɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.d̪i.mɐ/

Adjective

आदिम • (ādima) stem

1. first
2. primitive
3. original
4. aboriginal

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आदिम (ādima)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आदिमः ādimaḥ	आदिमौ / आदिमा¹ ādimau / ādimā¹	आदिमाः / आदिमासः¹ ādimāḥ / ādimāsaḥ¹
Vocative	आदिम ādima	आदिमौ / आदिमा¹ ādimau / ādimā¹	आदिमाः / आदिमासः¹ ādimāḥ / ādimāsaḥ¹
Accusative	आदिमम् ādimam	आदिमौ / आदिमा¹ ādimau / ādimā¹	आदिमान् ādimān
Instrumental	आदिमेन ādimena	आदिमाभ्याम् ādimābhyām	आदिमैः / आदिमेभिः¹ ādimaiḥ / ādimebhiḥ¹
Dative	आदिमाय ādimāya	आदिमाभ्याम् ādimābhyām	आदिमेभ्यः ādimebhyaḥ
Ablative	आदिमात् ādimāt	आदिमाभ्याम् ādimābhyām	आदिमेभ्यः ādimebhyaḥ
Genitive	आदिमस्य ādimasya	आदिमयोः ādimayoḥ	आदिमानाम् ādimānām
Locative	आदिमे ādime	आदिमयोः ādimayoḥ	आदिमेषु ādimeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of आदिमा (ādimā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आदिमा ādimā	आदिमे ādime	आदिमाः ādimāḥ
Vocative	आदिमे ādime	आदिमे ādime	आदिमाः ādimāḥ
Accusative	आदिमाम् ādimām	आदिमे ādime	आदिमाः ādimāḥ
Instrumental	आदिमया / आदिमा¹ ādimayā / ādimā¹	आदिमाभ्याम् ādimābhyām	आदिमाभिः ādimābhiḥ
Dative	आदिमायै ādimāyai	आदिमाभ्याम् ādimābhyām	आदिमाभ्यः ādimābhyaḥ
Ablative	आदिमायाः / आदिमायै² ādimāyāḥ / ādimāyai²	आदिमाभ्याम् ādimābhyām	आदिमाभ्यः ādimābhyaḥ
Genitive	आदिमायाः / आदिमायै² ādimāyāḥ / ādimāyai²	आदिमयोः ādimayoḥ	आदिमानाम् ādimānām
Locative	आदिमायाम् ādimāyām	आदिमयोः ādimayoḥ	आदिमासु ādimāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of आदिम (ādima)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आदिमम् ādimam	आदिमे ādime	आदिमानि / आदिमा¹ ādimāni / ādimā¹
Vocative	आदिम ādima	आदिमे ādime	आदिमानि / आदिमा¹ ādimāni / ādimā¹
Accusative	आदिमम् ādimam	आदिमे ādime	आदिमानि / आदिमा¹ ādimāni / ādimā¹
Instrumental	आदिमेन ādimena	आदिमाभ्याम् ādimābhyām	आदिमैः / आदिमेभिः¹ ādimaiḥ / ādimebhiḥ¹
Dative	आदिमाय ādimāya	आदिमाभ्याम् ādimābhyām	आदिमेभ्यः ādimebhyaḥ
Ablative	आदिमात् ādimāt	आदिमाभ्याम् ādimābhyām	आदिमेभ्यः ādimebhyaḥ
Genitive	आदिमस्य ādimasya	आदिमयोः ādimayoḥ	आदिमानाम् ādimānām
Locative	आदिमे ādime	आदिमयोः ādimayoḥ	आदिमेषु ādimeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• आदिमत्व (ādimatva)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “आदिम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 137.