آدم

See also: أدم and اَدَم

Arabic

Alternative forms

ءَادَم (ʔādam) — pre-classical spelling

Etymology 1

Root
ء د م (ʔ d m)
2 terms

Terminology of the religious sphere borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (āḏā́m, “man, person”), with a foreign pattern like عَالَم (ʕālam, “world”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaː.dam/
Audio: (file)

Noun

آدَم • (ʔādam) m (plural آدَم (ʔādam) or آدَمُون (ʔādamūn) or أَوَادِم (ʔawādim))

human
person
man
(plural, collective) mankind, humankind, collectively man

Declension

Declension of noun **آدَم** (ʔādam)
singular	basic singular diptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	آدَم ʔādam	الْآدَم al-ʔādam	آدَم ʔādam
nominative	آدَمُ ʔādamu	الْآدَمُ al-ʔādamu	آدَمُ ʔādamu
accusative	آدَمَ ʔādama	الْآدَمَ al-ʔādama	آدَمَ ʔādama
genitive	آدَمَ ʔādama	الْآدَمِ al-ʔādami	آدَمِ ʔādami
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	آدَمَيْن ʔādamayn	الْآدَمَيْن al-ʔādamayn	آدَمَيْ ʔādamay
nominative	آدَمَانِ ʔādamāni	الْآدَمَانِ al-ʔādamāni	آدَمَا ʔādamā
accusative	آدَمَيْنِ ʔādamayni	الْآدَمَيْنِ al-ʔādamayni	آدَمَيْ ʔādamay
genitive	آدَمَيْنِ ʔādamayni	الْآدَمَيْنِ al-ʔādamayni	آدَمَيْ ʔādamay
plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	آدَم‎; آدَمِين‎; أَوَادِم ʔādam‎; ʔādamīn‎; ʔawādim	الْآدَم‎; الْآدَمِين‎; الْأَوَادِم al-ʔādam‎; al-ʔādamīn‎; al-ʔawādim	آدَم‎; آدَمِي‎; أَوَادِم ʔādam‎; ʔādamī‎; ʔawādim
nominative	آدَمٌ‎; آدَمُونَ‎; أَوَادِمُ ʔādamun‎; ʔādamūna‎; ʔawādimu	الْآدَمُ‎; الْآدَمُونَ‎; الْأَوَادِمُ al-ʔādamu‎; al-ʔādamūna‎; al-ʔawādimu	آدَمُ‎; آدَمُو‎; أَوَادِمُ ʔādamu‎; ʔādamū‎; ʔawādimu
accusative	آدَمًا‎; آدَمِينَ‎; أَوَادِمَ ʔādaman‎; ʔādamīna‎; ʔawādima	الْآدَمَ‎; الْآدَمِينَ‎; الْأَوَادِمَ al-ʔādama‎; al-ʔādamīna‎; al-ʔawādima	آدَمَ‎; آدَمِي‎; أَوَادِمَ ʔādama‎; ʔādamī‎; ʔawādima
genitive	آدَمٍ‎; آدَمِينَ‎; أَوَادِمَ ʔādamin‎; ʔādamīna‎; ʔawādima	الْآدَمِ‎; الْآدَمِينَ‎; الْأَوَادِمِ al-ʔādami‎; al-ʔādamīna‎; al-ʔawādimi	آدَمِ‎; آدَمِي‎; أَوَادِمِ ʔādami‎; ʔādamī‎; ʔawādimi

Proper noun

آدَم • (ʔādam) m (plural آدَمُون (ʔādamūn) or أَوَادِم (ʔawādim))

(religion) Adam
a male given name, Adam

Declension

Declension of noun **آدَم** (ʔādam)
singular	basic singular diptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	آدَم ʔādam	—
nominative	—	آدَمُ ʔādamu	—
accusative	—	آدَمَ ʔādama	—
genitive	—	آدَمَ ʔādama	—

Descendants

→ Bashkir: әҙәм (əźəm), Әҙәм (Əźəm)
→ Hausa: Ā̀dàmu
→ Malay:
- Arabic script: ادم
- Latin script: Adam
→ Old Anatolian Turkish: آدم (ādäm)
- Azerbaijani: adam, Adəm
- Gagauz: adam, Adam
- Ottoman Turkish: آدم (adam, adem)
  - Turkish: adam, Âdem
  - → Albanian: Adem
→ Classical Persian: آدَم (ādam)
- Tajik: одам (odam)
- → Bengali: আদম (adom)
- → Chagatai: آدم (ādam)
  - Uyghur: ئادەم (adem)
  - Uzbek: odam
- → Chuvash: этем (et̬em)
- → Gujarati: આદમ (ādam)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: आदम (ādam)
  Urdu: آدَم (ādam)
- → Kachchi: આદમ (ādam)
- → Kazakh: адам (adam)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਆਦਮ (ādam)
  Shahmukhi script: آدَم (ādam)
- → Sylheti: ꠀꠖꠝ (adomo)
→ Rohingya: Adom
→ Swahili: Adamu

Etymology 2

Color or defect adjective from the root ء د م (ʔ d m).

Adjective

آدَم • (ʔādam) (feminine أَدْمَاء (ʔadmāʔ), feminine dual أَدْمَاوَان (ʔadmāwān), common plural أُدْم (ʔudm), masculine plural أُدْمَان (ʔudmān))

of an intermixed or tinged coloration, especially with added black or white, whitened, off-white
tawny, dun, brownish, reddish, tan, dust-colored, applied especially to camels, gazelles, and human beings

Declension

Declension of adjective **آدَم** (ʔādam)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular diptote		basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	آدَم ʔādam	الْآدَم al-ʔādam	أَدْمَاء ʔadmāʔ	الْأَدْمَاء al-ʔadmāʔ
nominative	آدَمُ ʔādamu	الْآدَمُ al-ʔādamu	أَدْمَاءُ ʔadmāʔu	الْأَدْمَاءُ al-ʔadmāʔu
accusative	آدَمَ ʔādama	الْآدَمَ al-ʔādama	أَدْمَاءَ ʔadmāʔa	الْأَدْمَاءَ al-ʔadmāʔa
genitive	آدَمَ ʔādama	الْآدَمِ al-ʔādami	أَدْمَاءَ ʔadmāʔa	الْأَدْمَاءِ al-ʔadmāʔi
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	آدَمَيْن ʔādamayn	الْآدَمَيْن al-ʔādamayn	أَدْمَاوَيْن ʔadmāwayn	الْأَدْمَاوَيْن al-ʔadmāwayn
nominative	آدَمَانِ ʔādamāni	الْآدَمَانِ al-ʔādamāni	أَدْمَاوَانِ ʔadmāwāni	الْأَدْمَاوَانِ al-ʔadmāwāni
accusative	آدَمَيْنِ ʔādamayni	الْآدَمَيْنِ al-ʔādamayni	أَدْمَاوَيْنِ ʔadmāwayni	الْأَدْمَاوَيْنِ al-ʔadmāwayni
genitive	آدَمَيْنِ ʔādamayni	الْآدَمَيْنِ al-ʔādamayni	أَدْمَاوَيْنِ ʔadmāwayni	الْأَدْمَاوَيْنِ al-ʔadmāwayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أُدْمَان‎; أُدْم ʔudmān‎; ʔudm	الْأُدْمَان‎; الْأُدْم al-ʔudmān‎; al-ʔudm	أُدْم ʔudm	الْأُدْم al-ʔudm
nominative	أُدْمَانٌ‎; أُدْمٌ ʔudmānun‎; ʔudmun	الْأُدْمَانُ‎; الْأُدْمُ al-ʔudmānu‎; al-ʔudmu	أُدْمٌ ʔudmun	الْأُدْمُ al-ʔudmu
accusative	أُدْمَانًا‎; أُدْمًا ʔudmānan‎; ʔudman	الْأُدْمَانَ‎; الْأُدْمَ al-ʔudmāna‎; al-ʔudma	أُدْمًا ʔudman	الْأُدْمَ al-ʔudma
genitive	أُدْمَانٍ‎; أُدْمٍ ʔudmānin‎; ʔudmin	الْأُدْمَانِ‎; الْأُدْمِ al-ʔudmāni‎; al-ʔudmi	أُدْمٍ ʔudmin	الْأُدْمِ al-ʔudmi

References

Jeffery, Arthur (1938), The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 50–51

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (ādam), from Arabic آدَم (ʔādam).

Noun

آدم • (ādam) (plural آدملار)

man, person

Declension

Declension of آدم (ādam)

	singular	plural
nominative	آدم ādam	آدملار ādamlär
genitive	آدمنینگ ādamning	آدملارنینگ ādamlärning
definite accusative	آدمنی ādamni	آدملارنی ādamlärni
dative	آدمغە ādamgä	آدملارغە ādamlärgä
ablative	آدمدین ādamdin	آدملاردین ādamlärdin
locative	آدمدە ādamdä	آدملاردە ādamlärdä

possessive forms
first person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	آدمیم ādamim	آدملاریم ādamlärim
genitive	آدمیمنینگ ādamimning	آدملاریمنینگ ādamlärimning
definite accusative	آدمیمنی ādamimni	آدملاریمنی ādamlärimni
dative	آدمیمغە ādamimgä	آدملاریمغە ādamlärimgä
ablative	آدمیمدین ādamimdin	آدملاریمدین ādamlärimdin
locative	آدمیمدە ādamimdä	آدملاریمدە ādamlärimdä
second person singular*
	singular	plural
nominative	آدمینگ ādaming	آدملارینگ ādamläring
genitive	آدمینگنینگ ādamingning	آدملارینگنینگ ādamläringning
definite accusative	آدمینگنی ādamingni	آدملارینگنی ādamläringni
dative	آدمینگغە ādaminggä	آدملارینگغە ādamläringgä
ablative	آدمینگدین ādamingdin	آدملارینگدین ādamläringdin
locative	آدمینگدە ādamingdä	آدملارینگدە ādamläringdä
third person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	آدمی ādami	آدملاری ādamläri
genitive	آدمینینگ ādamining	آدملارینینگ ādamlärining
definite accusative	آدمینی ādamini	آدملارینی ādamlärini
dative	آدمیغە ādamigä	آدملاریغە ādamlärigä
ablative	آدمیدین ādamidin	آدملاریدین ādamläridin
locative	آدمیدە ādamidä	آدملاریدە ādamläridä
first person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	آدمیمیز ādamimiz	آدملاریمیز ādamlärimiz
genitive	آدمیمیزنینگ ādamimizning	آدملاریمیزنینگ ādamlärimizning
definite accusative	آدمیمیزنی ādamimizni	آدملاریمیزنی ādamlärimizni
dative	آدمیمیزغە ādamimizgä	آدملاریمیزغە ādamlärimizgä
ablative	آدمیمیزدین ādamimizdin	آدملاریمیزدین ādamlärimizdin
locative	آدمیمیزدە ādamimizdä	آدملاریمیزدە ādamlärimizdä
second person plural*
	singular	plural
nominative	آدمینگیز ādamingiz	آدملارینگیز ādamläringiz
nominative	آدمینگلار ādaminglär	آدملارینگلار ādamläringlär
genitive	آدمینگیزنینگ ādamingizning	آدملارینگیزنینگ ādamläringizning
genitive	آدمینگلارنینگ ādaminglärning	آدملارینگلارنینگ ādamläringlärning
definite accusative	آدمینگیزنی ādamingizni	آدملارینگیزنی ādamläringizni
definite accusative	آدمینگلارنی ādaminglärni	آدملارینگلارنی ādamläringlärni
dative	آدمینگیزغە ādamingizgä	آدملارینگیزغە ādamläringizgä
dative	آدمینگلارغە ādaminglärgä	آدملارینگلارغە ādamläringlärgä
ablative	آدمینگیزدین ādamingizdin	آدملارینگیزدین ādamläringizdin
ablative	آدمینگلاردین ādaminglärdin	آدملارینگلاردین ādamläringlärdin
locative	آدمینگیزدە ādamingizdä	آدملارینگیزدە ādamläringizdä
locative	آدمینگلاردە ādaminglärdä	آدملارینگلاردە ādamläringlärdä
third person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	آدملاری ādamläri	آدملاری ādamläri
nominative	آدمی ādami	آدملاری ādamläri
genitive	آدملارینینگ ādamlärining	آدملارینینگ ādamlärining
genitive	آدمینینگ ādamining	آدملارینینگ ādamlärining
definite accusative	آدملارینی ādamlärini	آدملارینی ādamlärini
definite accusative	آدمینی ādaminglärni	آدملارینی ādamläringlärni
dative	آدملاریغە ādamlärigä	آدملاریغە ādamlärigä
dative	آدمیغە ādamigä	آدملاریغە ādamlärigä
ablative	آدملاریدین ādamläridin	آدملاریدین ādamläridin
ablative	آدمیدین ādamidin	آدملاریدین ādamläridin
locative	آدملاریدە ādamläridä	آدملاریدە ādamläridä
locative	آدمیدە ādamidä	آدملاریدە ādamläridä
*second person singular forms are informal, for polite second person singular forms use second person plural forms

Synonyms

کشی (kiši)
ایر (er)

Descendants

Uyghur: ئادەم (adem)
Uzbek:
Latin script: odam

Cyrillic script: одам (odam)

Afghan Uzbek: آدَم (odam)

Munji

Noun

آدم (ādam)

elderly man

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آدَم (ʔādam).

Noun

آدم • (ādäm)

person, human
Synonym: كشی (gişi)
- 14th Century, anonymous author, Dresden Manuscript: Kitāb-ı Dedem Ḳorḳud Alā Lisān-ı Tāife-i Oġuzān:
  اولن آدم دیرلمز چخان جان كرو كلمز
  ölän ādäm dirilmäz, çıḫan cān gerü gälmäz
  [a] dead person does not arise back, [a] departed soul does not come back
man
Synonyms: ار (är), اركك (ärkäk)

Descendants

Azerbaijani: adam
Gagauz: adam
Ottoman Turkish: آدم (adam)
- Turkish: adam

Proper noun

آدم • (ādäm)

(religion) Adam
a male given name from a

Descendants

Azerbaijani: Adəm
Gagauz: Adam
Ottoman Turkish: آدم (adem)
- Turkish: Adem, Âdem
- → Albanian: Adem

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish آدم (âdem), from Arabic آدَم (ʔādam).

Noun

آدم • (âdem, adam)

Proper noun

آدم • (adem)

(religion) Adam
a male given name, Adem, from Arabic, equivalent to English Adam

Descendants

Turkish: adam, Âdem
→ Albanian: Adem

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آدَم (ʔādam).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ˈdam/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.d̪ám]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.d̪ám]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.d̪ám]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.d̪ǽm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.d̪ám]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ādam
Dari reading^?	ādam
Iranian reading^?	âdam
Tajik reading^?	odam

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun

آدم • (ādam / âdam) (plural آدم‌ها (ādam-hā / âdam-hâ), Tajik spelling одам)

human
person
man
bloke
man (A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.)

Descendants

Tajik: одам (odam)
→ Bengali: আদম (adom)
→ Chagatai: آدم (ādam)
- Uyghur: ئادەم (adem)
- Uzbek: odam
→ Chuvash: этем (et̬em)
→ Gujarati: આદમ (ādam)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: आदम (ādam)

Urdu: آدَم (ādam)
→ Kachchi: આદમ (ādam)
→ Kazakh: адам (adam)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਆਦਮ (ādam)

Shahmukhi script: آدَم (ādam)
→ Sylheti: ꠀꠖꠝ (adomo)

Proper noun

آدم • (ādam / âdam) (Tajik spelling Одам)

(Abrahamism, religion) Adam (the first man and the progenitor of the human race)
a male given name, Adam

Related terms

Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ء د م (0 c, 3 e)

Urdu

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic آدَم (ʔādam).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.d̪əm/
Rhymes: -əm

Noun

آدَم • (ādam) m (Hindi spelling आदम)

man

Related terms

آدمی (ādmī)

Proper noun

آدم • (ādam) m (Hindi spelling आदम)

(religion) Adam
a male given name, Adam

Uzbek

Noun

آدَم (odam) (plural آدملر)

Afghan Uzbek spelling of odam

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Proper noun

Declension

Descendants

See also

Etymology 2

Adjective

Declension

References

Chagatai

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

Munji

Noun

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Noun

Descendants

Proper noun

Descendants

Further reading

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Noun

Proper noun

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Descendants

Proper noun

Related terms

See also

Urdu

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

Proper noun

See also

Uzbek

Noun

Further reading