क़दीम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَدِيم (qadīm).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /qə.d̪iːm/, [qɐ.d̪ĩːm], /kə.d̪iːm/, [kɐ.d̪ĩːm]

Adjective

क़दीम • (qadīm) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling قدیم)

1. ancient, old

   Synonyms: प्राचीन (prācīn), पुराना (purānā)

References

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