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ਆਦਮੀ

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Old Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian آدمی (ādamī), from Arabic آدَمِيّ (ʔādamiyy, human).

Noun

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ਆਦਮੀ (ādamīm (Shahmukhi آدَمی)

  1. man, human being
    • 1604, Guru Nanak, Ādi Granth ang 660:
      ਹਮ ਆਦਮੀ ਹਾਂ ਇਕ ਦਮੀ ਮੁਹਲਤਿ ਮੁਹਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਾ॥
      hama ādamī hāṃ ika damī muhalati muhatu na jāṇā.
      • 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
        We are human beings of the briefest moment; we do not know the appointed time of our departure.
  2. servant

Descendants

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  • Punjabi: ādmī
    Gurmukhi script: ਆਦਮੀ
    Shahmukhi script: آدْمِی

References

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  • Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਆਦਮੀ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 24
  • ਆਦਮੀ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024

Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian آدمی (ādamī), from Arabic آدَمِيّ (ʔādamiyy, human). First attested as Old Punjabi آدَمی / ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ਆਦਮੀ (ādmīm (Shahmukhi spelling آدْمِی)

  1. person
  2. man

Declension

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Declension of ਆਦਮੀ
dir. sg. ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī)
dir. pl. ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī)
singular plural
direct ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī) ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī)
oblique ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī) ਆਦਮੀਆਂ (ādamīā̃)
vocative ਆਦਮੀਆ (ādamīā) ਆਦਮੀਓ (ādamīo)
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locative {{{9}}} {{{10}}}
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References

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  • ਆਦਮੀ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024
  • ਆਦਮੀ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਆਦਮੀ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
  • ਆਦਮੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024