क़ायम

Borrowed from Classical Persian قَائِم (qā'im), from Arabic قَائِم (qāʔim). Compare Marathi कायम (kāyam).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /qɑː.jəm/, [qäː.jɐ̃m], /kɑː.jəm/, [käː.jɐ̃m]

क़ायम • (qāyam) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling قایَم)

1. permanent, fixed, constant

   Synonyms: स्थिर (sthir), स्थायी (sthāyī)

   हमारी दोस्ती क़ायम रहे। ― hamārī dostī qāyam rahe. ― May our friendship stay firm.

2. established

   क़ायम करना ― qāyam karnā ― to establish

3. steadfast, firm

   क़ायम होना, क़ायम रहना ― qāyam honā, qāyam rahnā ― to be firm; to stand by

   मैं अपनी बात पर क़ायम हूँ। ― ma͠i apnī bāt par qāyam hū̃. ― I stand by my words.

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क़ायम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 191
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कायम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 914
• “क़ायम”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.