قیامت
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian قیامت (qiyāmat), from Arabic قِيَامَة (qiyāma).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /qɪ.jäː.mət̪ᵊ/, [ke.jäː.mət̪ᵊ]
Noun
قِیامَت • (qiyāmat) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਕਿਆਮਤ)
- (religion, metonymic) doomsday; judgement day
- calamity; doom
- (loosely) uproar; noise
- (figuratively) destruction; oppression (both narrow and combined senses)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | قِیامَت (qīyāmat) | قِیامَتاں (qīyāmatāṉ) |
| oblique | قِیامَت (qīyāmat) | قِیامَتاں (qīyāmatāṉ) |
| vocative | قِیامَتے (qīyāmate) | قِیامَتو (qīyāmato) |
| ablative | قِیامَتوں (qīyāmatoṉ) | قِیامَتاں (qīyāmatāṉ) |
| locative | قِیامَتی (qīyāmatī) | قِیامَتِیں (qīyāmatīṉ) |
| instrumental | قِیامَتِیں (qīyāmatīṉ) | قِیامَتے (qīyāmate) |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “قِیامَت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਕਿਆਮਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian قِیَامَت (qiyāmat), from Arabic قِيَامَة (qiyāma).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /qə.jɑː.mət̪/
Noun
قَیَامَت • (qayāmat) f (Hindi spelling क़यामत)
Derived terms
- قَیَامَت توڑْنَا (qayāmat toṛnā, “to cause calamity, to oppress”)