adam

English Online Dictionary. What means adam‎? What does adam mean?

Afar

Etymology 1

From Arabic آدَم (ʔādam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈadam/, [ˈʔʌdʌm]
• Hyphenation: a‧dam

Noun

ádam m 

1. human

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdam/, [ʔʌˈdʌm]
• Hyphenation: a‧dam

Verb

adám

1. imperative singular of adamé

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 51

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic آدَم (ʔādam), from Hebrew אָדָם (âdâm); see the latter for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈdɑm/
• Hyphenation: a‧adam

Noun

adam (definite accusative adamı, plural adamlar)

1. human, person
2. someone, somebody, an important person

Declension

Synonyms

• insan
• nəfər (when counting people)

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 times should one be told not to be late?!

   Adama daha heç nə lazım deyil. ― One doesn't need anything else.

Declension

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic آدَم (ʔādam)

Noun

adam

1. human, person
2. husband

Declension

Derived terms

References

• “adam”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Gothic

Romanization

adam

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌼

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?”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the name of Adam in the book of Genesis.

Noun

adam m (definite singular adamen, indefinite plural adamar, definite plural adamane)

1. (metonymically) man

   Coordinate term: eva

2. (figurative) original sin or human frailty

   Synonym: arvesynd

Derived terms

• adamsdrakt f
• adamsnatur f
• adamsslekt f
• adamsætt f
• den gamle adam
• den nye adam
• i adams drakt

References

• “adam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Adam, dama, mada

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آدم, from Arabic آدَم (ʔādam), from Proto-Semitic *ʾadm-; cognates with Hebrew אָדָם (âdâm), Akkadian 𒁁𒈪 (adamu), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎄𐎎 (ảdm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈd̟ɑm/
• Hyphenation: a‧dam
• Rhymes: -dɑm

Noun

adam (definite accusative adamı, plural adamlar)

1. human
2. man (adult human male)

Declension

Synonyms

• (human): insan
• (man): erkek

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “Homo sapiens”): hayvan, uzaylı
• (antonym(s) of “man”): kadın

Derived terms

Related terms

• beniadem

References

Further reading

• “adam”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “adam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük