خدمة

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root خ د م (ḵ-d-m); compare خَدَمَ (ḵadama, to serve).

Noun

خِدْمَة (ḵidma) f (plural خِدْمَات (ḵidmāt) or خِدَم (ḵidam))

  1. verbal noun of خَدَمَ (ḵadama) (form I)
  2. service
  3. office
  4. official duty
  5. work
  6. present to a king or superior, gift of homage
Declension
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), خدمة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • خدمة” in J.A. Haywood and H.M. Nahmad (1965), A new Arabic grammar (second edition), London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

خَدْمَة (ḵadma) f

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