# آدم
## Arabic
### Alternative forms

* ءَادَم (ʔādam) — pre-classical spelling

### Etymology 1

Terminology of the religious sphere borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (āḏā́m, “man, person”), with a foreign pattern like عَالَم (ʕālam, “world”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaː.dam/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

آدَم • (ʔādam) m (plural آدَم (ʔādam) or آدَمُون (ʔādamūn) or أَوَادِم (ʔawādim))
* human
* person
* man
* (plural, collective) mankind, humankind, collectively man

##### Declension
#### Proper noun

آدَم • (ʔādam) m (plural آدَمُون (ʔādamūn) or أَوَادِم (ʔawādim))
* (religion) Adam
* a male given name, Adam

##### Descendants

* → Bashkir: әҙәм (əźəm), Әҙәм (Əźəm)
* → Old Anatolian Turkish: آدم (ādäm)
** Azerbaijani: adam, Adəm
** Gagauz: adam, Adam
** Ottoman Turkish: آدم (adam, adem)
*** Turkish: adam, Âdem
* → Classical Persian: آدَم (ādam)
** Tajik: одам (odam)
** → Bengali: আদম (adom)
** → Chagatai: آدم (ādam)
*** Uyghur: ئادەم (adem)
*** Uzbek: odam
** → Gujarati: આદમ (ādam)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: आदम (ādam)
    Urdu: آدم (ādam)
** → Kazakh: адам (adam)
** → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਆਦਮ (ādam)
    Shahmukhi script: آدم (ādam)
** → Sylheti: ꠀꠖꠝ (adomo)
* → Rohingya: Adom

#### See also

* آدَم (ʔādam)
* إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs)
* نُوح (nūḥ)
* هُود (hūd)
* صَالِح (ṣāliḥ)
* إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm)
* لُوط (lūṭ)
* إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl)
* إِسْحَاق (ʔisḥāq)
* يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb)
* يُوسُف (yūsuf)
* أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb)
* ذُو الْكِفْل (ḏū l-kifl)
* شُعَيْب (šuʕayb)
* مُوسَى (mūsā)
* هَارُون (hārūn)
* دَاوُد (dāwud)
* سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān)
* يُونُس (yūnus)
* إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās)
* الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ)
* زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā)
* يَحْيَى (yaḥyā)
* عِيسَى (ʕīsā)
* مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)

### Etymology 2

Color or defect adjective from the root ء د م (ʔ d m).

#### Adjective

آدَم • (ʔādam) (feminine أَدْمَاء (ʔadmāʔ), feminine dual أَدْمَاوَانِ (ʔadmāwāni), common plural أُدْم (ʔudm), masculine plural أُدْمَان (ʔudmān))
* of an intermixed or tinged coloration, especially with added black or white, whitened, off-white
* tawny, dun, brownish, reddish, tan, dust-colored, applied especially to camels, gazelles, and human beings

##### Declension
### References

* Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 50–51

## Chagatai
### Etymology

From Arabic آدَم (ʔādam).

### Noun

آدم (ādam) (plural آدملار)
* man, person

#### Synonyms

* كشى
* اير

## Munji
### Noun

آدم (ādam)
* elderly man

## Old Anatolian Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آدَم (ʔādam).

### Noun

آدم (ādäm)
* person, human
    Synonym: كشی (gişi)
** 14th Century, anonymous author, Dresden Manuscript: Kitāb-ı Dedem Ḳorḳud Alā Lisān-ı Tāife-i Oġuzān:اولن آدم دیرلمز چخان جان كرو كلمزölän ādäm dirilmäz, çıḫan cān gerü gälmäz[a] dead person does not arise back, [a] departed soul does not come back
* man
    Synonyms: ار (är), اركك (ärkäk)

#### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: adam
* Gagauz: adam
* Ottoman Turkish: آدم (adam)
** Turkish: adam

### Proper noun

آدم (ādäm)
* (religion) Adam
* a male given name from a

#### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: Adəm
* Gagauz: Adam
* Ottoman Turkish: آدم, adem
** Turkish: Adem, Âdem

### Further reading

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “adam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish آدم (âdem), from Arabic آدَم (ʔādam).

### Noun

آدم • (âdem, adam)
* human
* person
* man

### Proper noun

آدم • (adem)
* (religion) Adam
* a male given name, Adem, from Arabic, equivalent to English Adam

#### Descendants

* Turkish: adam, Âdem

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آدَم (ʔādam).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔɑː.ˈðam]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔɑː.d̪ǽm]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔɑː.d̪ǽm]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔɑː.d̪ǽm]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔɔː.d̪ǽm]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔɒː.d̪ǽm]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔɔ.d̪ǽm]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

آدم • (âdam) (plural آدم‌ها (âdam-hâ))
* human
* person
* man
* bloke
* man (A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.)

#### Related terms

* آدمی (âdami)

#### Descendants

* Tajik: одам (odam)
* → Bengali: আদম (adom)
* → Chagatai: آدم (ādam)
** Uyghur: ئادەم (adem)
** Uzbek: odam
* → Gujarati: આદમ (ādam)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: आदम (ādam)
    Urdu: آدم (ādam)
* → Kazakh: адам (adam)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਆਦਮ (ādam)
    Shahmukhi script: آدم (ādam)
* → Sylheti: ꠀꠖꠝ (adomo)

### Proper noun

آدم • (âdam)
* (Abrahamism, religion) Adam (the first man and the progenitor of the human race)
* a male given name, Adam

#### Related terms

* آدام (âdâm)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic آدَم (ʔādam).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɑː.d̪əm/
* Rhymes: -əm

### Noun

آدم • (ādam) m (Hindi spelling आदम)
* man

### Proper noun

آدم • (ādam) m (Hindi spelling आदम)
* (religion) Adam
* a male given name, Adam

#### Related terms

* آدمی (ādamī)