يتيم

See also: یتیم‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ي ت م‎ (y-t-m), from Proto-Semitic *yatam- (“to be fatherless or without a guardian, to be without support of family or tribe, to be disenfranchised or alone”). Compare Aramaic יַתְמָא‎ (yaṯmā), Classical Syriac ܝܲܬ݂ܡܵܐ‎ (yaṯmā), Phoenician 𐤉‬𐤕‬𐤌‬‎ (y‬t‬m‬), Classical Mandaic ࡉࡀࡕࡉࡌࡀ‎ (yatima), Hebrew יָתוֹם‎ (yatóm), Tigre ያፓም (yattam), and Ugaritic 𐎊𐎚𐎎 (ytm).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ja.tiːm/

Adjective

يَتِيم • (yatīm) (feminine يَتِيمَة‎ (yatīma), common plural يَتَامَى‎ (yatāmā), masculine plural أَيْتَام‎ (ʔaytām) or يَتِيمُونَ‎ (yatīmūna), feminine plural يَتِيمَات‎ (yatīmāt) or يَتَائِم‎ (yatāʔim))

orphan
unique of its kind, unequalled, unmatched, incomparable

Declension

Declension of adjective يَتِيم (yatīm)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	يَتِيم yatīm	الْيَتِيم‎ al-yatīm	يَتِيمَة‎ yatīma	الْيَتِيمَة‎ al-yatīma
Nominative	يَتِيمٌ yatīmun	الْيَتِيمُ‎ al-yatīmu	يَتِيمَةٌ‎ yatīmatun	الْيَتِيمَةُ‎ al-yatīmatu
Accusative	يَتِيمًا‎ yatīman	الْيَتِيمَ‎ al-yatīma	يَتِيمَةً‎ yatīmatan	الْيَتِيمَةَ‎ al-yatīmata
Genitive	يَتِيمٍ yatīmin	الْيَتِيمِ‎ al-yatīmi	يَتِيمَةٍ‎ yatīmatin	الْيَتِيمَةِ‎ al-yatīmati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	يَتِيمَيْن‎ yatīmayn	الْيَتِيمَيْن‎ al-yatīmayn	يَتِيمَتَيْن‎ yatīmatayn	الْيَتِيمَتَيْن‎ al-yatīmatayn
Nominative	يَتِيمَانِ‎ yatīmāni	الْيَتِيمَانِ‎ al-yatīmāni	يَتِيمَتَانِ‎ yatīmatāni	الْيَتِيمَتَانِ‎ al-yatīmatāni
Accusative	يَتِيمَيْنِ‎ yatīmayni	الْيَتِيمَيْنِ‎ al-yatīmayni	يَتِيمَتَيْنِ‎ yatīmatayni	الْيَتِيمَتَيْنِ‎ al-yatīmatayni
Genitive	يَتِيمَيْنِ‎ yatīmayni	الْيَتِيمَيْنِ‎ al-yatīmayni	يَتِيمَتَيْنِ‎ yatīmatayni	الْيَتِيمَتَيْنِ‎ al-yatīmatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote‎; sound masculine plural‎; broken plural invariable		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote‎; broken plural invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَيْتَام‎‎; يَتِيمِين‎‎; يَتَامَى‎ ʔaytām‎; yatīmīn‎; yatāmā	الْأَيْتَام‎‎; الْيَتِيمِين‎‎; الْيَتَامَى‎ al-ʔaytām‎; al-yatīmīn‎; al-yatāmā	يَتِيمَات‎‎; يَتَائِم‎‎; يَتَامَى‎ yatīmāt‎; yatāʔim‎; yatāmā	الْيَتِيمَات‎‎; الْيَتَائِم‎‎; الْيَتَامَى‎ al-yatīmāt‎; al-yatāʔim‎; al-yatāmā
Nominative	أَيْتَامٌ‎‎; يَتِيمُونَ‎‎; يَتَامَى‎ ʔaytāmun‎; yatīmūna‎; yatāmā	الْأَيْتَامُ‎‎; الْيَتِيمُونَ‎‎; الْيَتَامَى‎ al-ʔaytāmu‎; al-yatīmūna‎; al-yatāmā	يَتِيمَاتٌ‎‎; يَتَائِمُ‎‎; يَتَامَى‎ yatīmātun‎; yatāʔimu‎; yatāmā	الْيَتِيمَاتُ‎‎; الْيَتَائِمُ‎‎; الْيَتَامَى‎ al-yatīmātu‎; al-yatāʔimu‎; al-yatāmā
Accusative	أَيْتَامًا‎‎; يَتِيمِينَ‎‎; يَتَامَى‎ ʔaytāman‎; yatīmīna‎; yatāmā	الْأَيْتَامَ‎‎; الْيَتِيمِينَ‎‎; الْيَتَامَى‎ al-ʔaytāma‎; al-yatīmīna‎; al-yatāmā	يَتِيمَاتٍ‎‎; يَتَائِمَ‎‎; يَتَامَى‎ yatīmātin‎; yatāʔima‎; yatāmā	الْيَتِيمَاتِ‎‎; الْيَتَائِمَ‎‎; الْيَتَامَى‎ al-yatīmāti‎; al-yatāʔima‎; al-yatāmā
Genitive	أَيْتَامٍ‎‎; يَتِيمِينَ‎‎; يَتَامَى‎ ʔaytāmin‎; yatīmīna‎; yatāmā	الْأَيْتَامِ‎‎; الْيَتِيمِينَ‎‎; الْيَتَامَى‎ al-ʔaytāmi‎; al-yatīmīna‎; al-yatāmā	يَتِيمَاتٍ‎‎; يَتَائِمَ‎‎; يَتَامَى‎ yatīmātin‎; yatāʔima‎; yatāmā	الْيَتِيمَاتِ‎‎; الْيَتَائِمِ‎‎; الْيَتَامَى‎ al-yatīmāti‎; al-yatāʔimi‎; al-yatāmā

Descendants

Maltese: ltim
Moroccan Arabic: يتيم‎ (ytīm)
→ Azerbaijani: yetim
→ Bashkir: етем (yetem), йәтим (yätim)
→ Bengali: এতিম (etim)
→ Crimean Tatar: yetim
→ Hindi: यतीम (yatīm)
→ Indonesian: yatim
→ Kazakh: жетім (jetım)
→ Kyrgyz: жетим (jetim)
→ Kumyk: етим (yetim)
Kurdish:
→ Northern Kurdish: êtîm, yetîm

→ Central Kurdish: ھەتیو‎ (hetîw), ھەتیم‎ (hetîm)

→ Southern Kurdish: یەتیم‎ (yetîm)
→ Javanese: yatim
→ Lezgi: етим (etim)
→ Ottoman Turkish: یتیم‎
- Turkish: yetim
- → Armenian: եթիմ (etʿim)
- → Albanian: jetim
→ Swahili: yatima
→ Persian: یتیم‎ (yatim)
→ Sindhi: يتيم‎
→ Talysh: yətim
→ Tatar: ятим (yatim), ятимә (yatimä)
→ Turkmen: ýetim
→ Urdu: یتیم‎
→ Uyghur: يېتىم‎ (yëtim)
→ Uzbek: yetim

References

Баранов, Х. К. (2011), “يتيم”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
Lane, Edward William (1863), “يتيم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
Wehr, Hans (1960), “يتيم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic يَتِيم‎ (yatīm).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jtiːm/

Noun

يتيم • (ytīm) m (plural يتام‎ (ytām) or يتامى‎ (ytāma) or يتامى‎ (yatāma), feminine يتيمة‎ (ytīma))

orphan

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.