دائما

See also: دايما

Arabic

Root
د و م (d-w-m)

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of دَائِم (dāʔim, “lasting, enduring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː.ʔi.man/

Adverb

دَائِمًا • (dāʔiman)

1. always

   دَائِمًا يَجِبُ أَنْ نَتَعَلَّمَ مِنْ أَخْطَائِنَا.

   dāʔiman yajibu ʔan nataʕallama min ʔaḵṭāʔinā.

   We should always learn from our mistakes.

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: daima
• → Persian: دائما
• → Ottoman Turkish: دائما (daima)
  • Turkish: daima
• → Swahili: daima
• → Uzbek: doimo

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic دَائِمًا (dāʔiman).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː.ʔi.man/

Adverb

دائما • (dāʔiman)

1. Alternative form of ديما (dīma or dayma): always

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic دَائِمًا (dāʔiman).

Adjective

دائما • (daima)

1. always, constantly

Descendants

• Turkish: daima

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دائما”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 565
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “daima”, in Nişanyan Sözlük