قدیمی

Persian

Etymology

From (qadim) +‎ (-i).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qa.diː.ˈmiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.d̪iː.míː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qä.d̪iː.míː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qä.d̪i.mí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæ.d̪iː.míː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.d̪i.mí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qadīmī
Dari reading^?	qadīmī
Iranian reading^?	ġadimi
Tajik reading^?	qadimi

Adjective

قَدیمی • (qadimi) (comparative قَدیمی‌تَر, superlative قَدیمی‌تَرین)

old, ancient, not new, having existed for a long time (not of age; see also پیر (pir))
― dust-e qadimi-ye man ― old friend of mine

― kešvar-e qadimi ― ancient country
old-fashioned, old-time, vintage

Noun

قَدیمی • (qadimi) (plural قدیمی‌ها (qadimi-hâ))

old-timer

Descendants

→ Armenian: ղադիմի (ġadimi), ղադըմի (ġadəmi), ղադմի (ġadmi)
→ Azerbaijani: qədimi
→ Crimean Tatar: qadimiy
→ Georgian: ყადიმი (q̇adimi)
→ Ottoman Turkish: قدیمی (kadimi)
→ Uzbek: qadimiy

See also

جوان (javân, “young (of age)”)
نو (now, “new”)
پیر (pir, “old (of age)”)