"قدم" meaning in Persian

See قدم in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [qa.ˈðam] [Classical-Persian], [qä.d̪ǽm] [Dari, formal], [qä.d̪ǽm] [Dari, formal], [qä.d̪ǽm] [Kabuli], [qä.d̪ǽm] (note: Hazaragi), [qæ.d̪ǽm] [Iran, formal], [qä.d̪ǽm] [Tajik, formal] Forms: qadam [romanization], اقدام [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic قَدَم (qadam). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fa|ar|قَدَم|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic قَدَم (qadam), {{bor+|fa|ar|قَدَم}} Borrowed from Arabic قَدَم (qadam) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|اقدام|||||f1tr=aqdâm|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=qadam|tr2=|tr3=}} قدم • (qadam) (plural اقدام (aqdâm)), {{fa-noun|pl=اقدام|pltr=aqdâm|tr=qadam}} قدم • (qadam) (plural اقدام (aqdâm))
  1. step Synonyms: گام
    Sense id: en-قدم-fa-noun-PmTMQc-O Categories (other): Persian terms with collocations, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 38 2 45 15
  2. foot Synonyms: پا
    Sense id: en-قدم-fa-noun-IuT2kSpp
  3. pace (in walking, also music)
    Sense id: en-قدم-fa-noun-UQUaDlFi Categories (other): Persian terms with collocations, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 38 2 45 15
  4. (figurative) the luck of someone upon arrival at a place Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-قدم-fa-noun-fJ5pzmSl Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 38 2 45 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: بد قدم (bad qadam) (english: bringing bad luck), بیقدم (bi-qadam) (english: bringing bad luck), ثابت قدم (sâbet qadam) (english: steadfast), قدم به قدم (qadam be qadam) (english: step by step), قدم زدن (qadam zadan) (english: to walk)

Inflected forms

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      "english": "bringing bad luck",
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      "english": "steadfast",
      "roman": "sâbet qadam",
      "word": "ثابت قدم"
    },
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      "english": "step by step",
      "roman": "qadam be qadam",
      "word": "قدم به قدم"
    },
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          "english": "the first step",
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          "english": "one step forward, one step back",
          "ref": "یک قدم پیش یک قدم پس (Dari)",
          "text": "yak qadam pēš yak qadam pas",
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          "english": "In a state of rapture, he stepped a few times on the ground. When I looked, his steps were sinking into the rock as if it were wax. Then he fell unconscious. When he recovered his senses, he told me: \"I was in the garden of paradise. You did not see.\"\n(Classical Persian transliteration)",
          "ref": "c. 1060, Alī Hujwīrī, کشف المحجوب [Kashf al-Maḥjūb]",
          "text": "وی به حکم تواجد قدمی چند بر زمین زد. چون نگاه کردم، آن اقدام وی، چون به موم، به سنگ فرو میرفت. آنگاه بی هوش بیفتاد. چون به هوش آمد مرا گفت: «اندر روضهٔ بهشت بودم. تو ندیدی.»\nway ba hukm-i tawājud qadamē čand bar zamīn zad. čūn nigāh kardam, ān aqdām-i way čūn ba mōm⁠, ba sang furō mē-raft. āngāh bē hōš biyuftād. čūn ba hōš āmad ma-rā guft: \"andar rawza-yi bihišt būdam. tu na-dīdī.\"",
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          "english": "The beloved thanks to whom my house was the place of nymphs:\nFrom head to foot, she is—like the nymphs—unsullied by fault.\n(Classical Persian transliteration)",
          "ref": "c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 216”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]",
          "roman": "sar tā qadam-aš čūn parī az ayb barī būd",
          "text": "آن یار کز او خانه ما جای پری بود\nسر تا قدمش چون پری از عیب بری بود\nān yār k-az ō xāna-yi mā jā-yi parī būd",
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      "english": "bringing bad luck",
      "roman": "bad qadam",
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      "english": "bringing bad luck",
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      "english": "steadfast",
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      "word": "ثابت قدم"
    },
    {
      "english": "step by step",
      "roman": "qadam be qadam",
      "word": "قدم به قدم"
    },
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      "english": "to walk",
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      "word": "قدم زدن"
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          "english": "the first step",
          "roman": "avvalin qadam",
          "text": "اولین قدم",
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        {
          "english": "one step forward, one step back",
          "ref": "یک قدم پیش یک قدم پس (Dari)",
          "text": "yak qadam pēš yak qadam pas",
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          "english": "In a state of rapture, he stepped a few times on the ground. When I looked, his steps were sinking into the rock as if it were wax. Then he fell unconscious. When he recovered his senses, he told me: \"I was in the garden of paradise. You did not see.\"\n(Classical Persian transliteration)",
          "ref": "c. 1060, Alī Hujwīrī, کشف المحجوب [Kashf al-Maḥjūb]",
          "text": "وی به حکم تواجد قدمی چند بر زمین زد. چون نگاه کردم، آن اقدام وی، چون به موم، به سنگ فرو میرفت. آنگاه بی هوش بیفتاد. چون به هوش آمد مرا گفت: «اندر روضهٔ بهشت بودم. تو ندیدی.»\nway ba hukm-i tawājud qadamē čand bar zamīn zad. čūn nigāh kardam, ān aqdām-i way čūn ba mōm⁠, ba sang furō mē-raft. āngāh bē hōš biyuftād. čūn ba hōš āmad ma-rā guft: \"andar rawza-yi bihišt būdam. tu na-dīdī.\"",
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          "english": "The beloved thanks to whom my house was the place of nymphs:\nFrom head to foot, she is—like the nymphs—unsullied by fault.\n(Classical Persian transliteration)",
          "ref": "c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 216”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]",
          "roman": "sar tā qadam-aš čūn parī az ayb barī būd",
          "text": "آن یار کز او خانه ما جای پری بود\nسر تا قدمش چون پری از عیب بری بود\nān yār k-az ō xāna-yi mā jā-yi parī būd",
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      "ipa": "[qä.d̪ǽm]",
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