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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic قَدِيم (qadīm).
Pronunciation
Adjective
qadim (feminine singular qadima, plural qodma, diminutive qdajjem or qdejjem, comparative eqdem or aqdam or aqdem)
- old (of things)
- Antonym: ġdid
- Coordinate term: (of people) xiħ
1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħolma tan-Natura”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:U meta tiġi x-xitwa erħilha teqred
bir-rxiex, bis-silġ, bil-bard, bir-riħ u rwiefen
il-ħlejjaq qodma: weraq sfajra u morda,
u rix mitbiela,- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Uzbek
Etymology
Inherited from Chagatai قدیم, from Arabic قَدِيم (qadīm).
Noun
qadim (plural qadimlar)
- ancient times
- qadimdan ― from ancient times