adam

See also: adām, ādām, Adam, Ádam, Âdam, Ádám, and A'dam

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic آدَم (ʾādam), from Proto-Semitic *ʾadm-; cognates with Hebrew אָדָם (âdâm), Akkadian 𒁁𒈪 (adamu), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎄𐎎 (adm).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑˈdɑm/

Noun

adam (definite accusative adamı, plural adamlar)

  1. human, person
    • 2012 May 31, Azertag:
      Mayın 31-də Bağdadda törədilmiş silsilə terror aktları nəticəsində ilkin məlumata görə, səkkiz adam həlak olmuş, 37 adam yaralanmışdır.
      According to the preliminary information, eight people died and 37 people were injured as a result of a series of terrorist attacks carried out on May 31st in Baghdad.
  2. someone, somebody, an important person
    Adam olub, bizi daha saymır.
    [S/he] has become someone, doesn't respect us anymore.

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • adamöldürmə (homicide)

Pronoun

adam

  1. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
    Adama neçə dəfə deyərlər ki, gecikmə?!How many time should one be told not to be late?!
    Adama daha heç nə lazım deyil.One doesn't need anything else.

Declension

References

  1. “Proto-Semitic Root *ʔadam-; Number 2641” in Georgiy Starostin, Tower of Babel, Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin.

Kalasha

Noun

adam

  1. body
  2. A piece (of something)

Kavalan

Noun

adam

  1. bird

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

adam

  1. Certain properties of a person, often derived from the biblical story
    Den gamle adam (sinful human nature, literally the old adam)
    Adams drakt or adamsdrakt (to be naked, literally Adam's costume)
  2. Used in sayings and proverbs
    Hvor lenge var Adam i paradis? (Happiness is often short-lived, literally How long was Adam in Paradise?)

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic آدَم (ʾādam), from Proto-Semitic *ʾadm-; cognates with Hebrew אָדָם (âdâm), Akkadian 𒁁𒈪 (adamu), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎄𐎎 (adm).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ.dɑm/

Noun

adam (definite accusative adamı, plural adamlar)

  1. man (adult human male)
  2. human

Declension

Inflection
Nominative adam
Definite accusative adamı
Singular Plural
Nominative adam adamlar
Definite accusative adamı adamları
Dative adama adamlara
Locative adamda adamlarda
Ablative adamdan adamlardan
Genitive adamın adamların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular adamım adamlarım
2nd singular adamın adamların
3rd singular adamı adamları
1st plural adamımız adamlarımız
2nd plural adamınız adamlarınız
3rd plural adamları adamları

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • adam in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
  1. “Proto-Semitic Root *ʔadam-; Number 2641” in Georgiy Starostin, Tower of Babel, Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin.
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