Arabic

Verb

قَدَمَ • ‎(qadama) I, non-past يَقْدُمُ‎ (yaqdumu)

1. (transitive) to precede

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Verb

قَدِمَ • ‎(qadima) I, non-past يَقْدَمُ‎ (yaqdamu)

1. to return from a journey
2. (transitive) to come to, arrive at, to reach
3. to step up to (عَلَى ‎(ʿalā) something)

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قدم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 3

Verb

قَدُمَ • ‎(qaduma) I, non-past يَقْدُمُ‎ (yaqdumu)

1. to be old, to be ancient

Conjugation

Etymology 4

Verb

قَدَّمَ • ‎(qaddama) II, non-past يُقَدِّمُ‎ (yuqaddimu)

1. to introduce (someone to someone else)
2. to let precede, to make precede, to send ahead, to dispatch
3. to set forth beforehand, to place at the front, to place at the head
4. to do earlier, to do beforehand
5. to give precedence, to prefer
6. to appoint as guardian
7. to prepare, to get ready, to make ready
8. to provide, to set aside, to earmark, to make provision
9. to offer, to proffer, to tender, to extend
10. to present, to produce, to exhibit, to display
11. to hand over, to deliver
12. to submit, to refer, to lay before, to offer up
13. to dedicate

Conjugation

Etymology 5

Noun

قَدَم • ‎(qadam) f ‎(plural أَقْدَام ‎(ʾaqdām))

1. foot (also a measure)
2. step

Declension

Derived terms

• كُرَة اَلْقَدَم ‎(kurat al-qadam, “football”)

Etymology 6

Noun

قَدْم • ‎(qadm) m

1. verbal noun of قَدَمَ ‎(qadama) (form I)

Declension

Etymology 7

Noun

قِدَم • ‎(qidam) m

1. verbal noun of قَدُمَ ‎(qaduma) (form I)

Declension

Etymology 8

Adverb

قِدْم • ‎(qidm)

1. time long past, old times

Etymology 9

Adverb

قُدُم • ‎(qudum)

1. straight ahead, forward

Baluchi

Noun

قدم • ‎(qadam)

1. step

See also

• گام ‎(gám)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic.

Noun

قدم • ‎(qadam)

1. step