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))

1. verbal noun of خَدَمَ (ḵadama) (form I)
2. service, favour

   أُرِيدُ مِنْكُمْ خِدْمَةً. ― ʔurīdu minkum ḵidmatan. ― I want a favour from you.

3. office
4. official duty
5. work
6. present to a king or superior, gift of homage

Declension

Declension of noun خِدْمَة (ḵidma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	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
	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

1. verbal noun of خَدَمَ (ḵadama) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun خَدْمَة (ḵadma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	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^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “خدمة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
خ د م
1 term

From Arabic خَدْمَة (ḵadma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xad.ma/

• Audio:

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Noun

خدمة • (ḵadma) f (plural خدمات (ḵadmāt) or خدامي (ḵdāmi))

1. work, job

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ د م
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic خِدْمَة (ḵidma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xid.me/, [ˈxɪd.me]
• IPA^(key): /xid.ma/, [ˈxɪd.ma]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

خدمة • (ḵidme) f (plural خدمات (ḵidamāt, ḵadamāt))

1. help, service, favour