خدمة

Arabic

Root
خ د م (ḵ-d-m)

Etymology

Compare خَدَمَ (ḵadama, “to serve”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xid.ma/

Noun

خِدْمَة • (ḵidma) f (plural خِدْمَات (ḵidmāt) or خِدَم (ḵidam))

verbal noun of خَدَمَ (ḵadama) (form I)
service, favour
أُرِيدُ مِنْكُمْ خِدْمَةً. ― ʔurīdu minkum ḵidmatan. ― I want a favour from you.
office
official duty
work
present to a king or superior, gift of homage

Declension

Declension of noun خِدْمَة (ḵidma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِدْمَة ḵidma	الْخِدْمَة al-ḵidma	خِدْمَة ḵidmat
Nominative	خِدْمَةٌ ḵidmatun	الْخِدْمَةُ al-ḵidmatu	خِدْمَةُ ḵidmatu
Accusative	خِدْمَةً ḵidmatan	الْخِدْمَةَ al-ḵidmata	خِدْمَةَ ḵidmata
Genitive	خِدْمَةٍ ḵidmatin	الْخِدْمَةِ al-ḵidmati	خِدْمَةِ ḵidmati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِدْمَتَيْن ḵidmatayn	الْخِدْمَتَيْن al-ḵidmatayn	خِدْمَتَيْ ḵidmatay
Nominative	خِدْمَتَانِ ḵidmatāni	الْخِدْمَتَانِ al-ḵidmatāni	خِدْمَتَا ḵidmatā
Accusative	خِدْمَتَيْنِ ḵidmatayni	الْخِدْمَتَيْنِ al-ḵidmatayni	خِدْمَتَيْ ḵidmatay
Genitive	خِدْمَتَيْنِ ḵidmatayni	الْخِدْمَتَيْنِ al-ḵidmatayni	خِدْمَتَيْ ḵidmatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِدْمَات‎; خِدَم ḵidmāt‎; ḵidam	الْخِدْمَات‎; الْخِدَم al-ḵidmāt‎; al-ḵidam	خِدْمَات‎; خِدَم ḵidmāt‎; ḵidam
Nominative	خِدْمَاتٌ‎; خِدَمٌ ḵidmātun‎; ḵidamun	الْخِدْمَاتُ‎; الْخِدَمُ al-ḵidmātu‎; al-ḵidamu	خِدْمَاتُ‎; خِدَمُ ḵidmātu‎; ḵidamu
Accusative	خِدْمَاتٍ‎; خِدَمًا ḵidmātin‎; ḵidaman	الْخِدْمَاتِ‎; الْخِدَمَ al-ḵidmāti‎; al-ḵidama	خِدْمَاتِ‎; خِدَمَ ḵidmāti‎; ḵidama
Genitive	خِدْمَاتٍ‎; خِدَمٍ ḵidmātin‎; ḵidamin	الْخِدْمَاتِ‎; الْخِدَمِ al-ḵidmāti‎; al-ḵidami	خِدْمَاتِ‎; خِدَمِ ḵidmāti‎; ḵidami

Descendants

→ Persian: خدمت (xedmat)
- → Azerbaijani: xidmət
- → Bengali: খেদমত (khedomot)
- → Ottoman Turkish: خدمت (hidmet), خذمت (hızmet, hizmet)
  - Turkish: hizmet
  - → Albanian: hyzmet
  - → Armenian: խըզմէթ (xəzmētʻ), խըզմա̈թ (xəzmätʻ)
  - → Aromanian: huzmeti, huzmete, uzmeti, iuzmeti
  - → Bulgarian: хизме́т (hizmét), изме́т (izmét), хюзме́т (hjuzmét)
  - → Greek: χοσμέτι (chosméti), χουσμέτι (chousméti)
  - → Macedonian: измет (izmet)
  - → Romanian: huzmét
  - → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: хѝзмет, ѝзмет
    Latin script: hìzmet, ìzmet
- → Hindustani: xidmat
  - Urdu: خدمت
  - Hindi: ख़िदमत
- → Kazakh: қызмет (qyzmet)
- → Kyrgyz: кызмат (kızmat)
- → Punjabi: خدمت
- → Uyghur: خىزمەت (xizmet)
- → Uzbek: xizmat
- → Turkmen: hyzmat
→ Swahili: huduma
→ Malay: khidmat
- → Indonesian: khidmat

Noun

خَدْمَة • (ḵadma) f

verbal noun of خَدَمَ (ḵadama) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun خَدْمَة (ḵadma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَدْمَة ḵadma	الْخَدْمَة al-ḵadma	خَدْمَة ḵadmat
Nominative	خَدْمَةٌ ḵadmatun	الْخَدْمَةُ al-ḵadmatu	خَدْمَةُ ḵadmatu
Accusative	خَدْمَةً ḵadmatan	الْخَدْمَةَ al-ḵadmata	خَدْمَةَ ḵadmata
Genitive	خَدْمَةٍ ḵadmatin	الْخَدْمَةِ al-ḵadmati	خَدْمَةِ ḵadmati

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خدمة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “خدمة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN