कायम

See also: क़ायम and कय्‌मि

Hindi

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɑː.jəm/, [käː.jɐ̃m]
Hyphenation: का‧यम

Adjective

कायम • (kāyam)

nuqtaless form of क़ायम (qāyam)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (qā'im), from Arabic قَائِم (qāʔim). Compare Hindi क़ायम (qāyam).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka.jəm/
Hyphenation: का‧यम
Rhymes: -əm

Adjective

कायम • (kāyam) (indeclinable)

permanent, fixed

Adverb

कायम • (kāyam)

permanently, forever
Synonyms: सदा (sadā), नेहमी (nehmī, “always”)

Further reading

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “कायम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 24
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “काईम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 147
दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “कायम”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 695