آدمی
See also: آدمي
Old Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian آدمی (ādamī), from Arabic آدَمِيّ (ʔādamiyy, “human”).
Noun
آدَمی (ādamī) m (Gurmukhi ਆਦਮੀ)
Descendants
References
- 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, 2025
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian آدمی.
Noun
آدمی • (âdemî)
Etymology 2
Noun
آدمی • (âdemi, âdamı)
- definite accusative of آدم (âdem, âdam)
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “âdemî”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 113a
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “âdemî”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 11a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آدمی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 11a
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آدمی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 52a
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic آدَمِيّ (ʔādamiyy, “human being”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔaː.da.ˈmiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.d̪ä.miː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒː.d̪æ.miː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔ.d̪ä.mi]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ādamī |
| Dari reading? | ādamī |
| Iranian reading? | âdami |
| Tajik reading? | odami |
Noun
| Dari | آدمی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | одами |
آدمی • (âdami)
- Man, mankind, human
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 845:
- آدمی مخفی است در زیر زبان
این زبان پرده است بر درگاه جان- ādamī maxfī-st dar zēr-i zabān
īn zabān parda-st dar dargāh-i jān - Man is concealed underneath his tongue:
this tongue is the curtain over the gate of the soul.
- ādamī maxfī-st dar zēr-i zabān
References
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “آدمی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian آدمی (ādamī), from Arabic آدَمِيّ (ʔādamiyy, “human”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɑːd̪.miː/
- Hyphenation: آدْ‧مِی
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
آدْمی • (ādmī) m (Hindi spelling आदमी)
- (chiefly) man
- a human being
- individual, person
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | آدْمِی (ādmī) | آدْمِی (ādmī) |
| oblique | آدْمِی (ādmī) | آدْمِِیوں (ādmiyõ) |
| vocative | آدْمِی (ādmī) | آدْمِِیو (ādmiyo) |
Further reading
- “آدمی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “آدمي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 33
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آدمی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 7
- “آدمی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.