إقامة

Arabic

Root
ق و م (q-w-m)

Etymology

Verbal noun of أَقَامَ (ʔaqāma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔi.qaː.ma/

Noun

إِقَامَة • (ʔiqāma) f (plural إِقَامَات (ʔiqāmāt))

1. verbal noun of أَقَامَ (ʔaqāma) (form IV)
2. staying, remaining, stopping

   إِقَامَةً طَيِّبَة ― ʔiqāmatan ṭayyiba ― have a nice stay

3. establishing
4. performing
5. raising of the dead
6. (Islam) second and last call to prayer
7. (Classical Arabic, in the plural) rations, provisions

Declension

Declension of noun إِقَامَة (ʔiqāma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِقَامَة ʔiqāma	الْإِقَامَة al-ʔiqāma	إِقَامَة ʔiqāmat
Nominative	إِقَامَةٌ ʔiqāmatun	الْإِقَامَةُ al-ʔiqāmatu	إِقَامَةُ ʔiqāmatu
Accusative	إِقَامَةً ʔiqāmatan	الْإِقَامَةَ al-ʔiqāmata	إِقَامَةَ ʔiqāmata
Genitive	إِقَامَةٍ ʔiqāmatin	الْإِقَامَةِ al-ʔiqāmati	إِقَامَةِ ʔiqāmati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِقَامَتَيْن ʔiqāmatayn	الْإِقَامَتَيْن al-ʔiqāmatayn	إِقَامَتَيْ ʔiqāmatay
Nominative	إِقَامَتَانِ ʔiqāmatāni	الْإِقَامَتَانِ al-ʔiqāmatāni	إِقَامَتَا ʔiqāmatā
Accusative	إِقَامَتَيْنِ ʔiqāmatayni	الْإِقَامَتَيْنِ al-ʔiqāmatayni	إِقَامَتَيْ ʔiqāmatay
Genitive	إِقَامَتَيْنِ ʔiqāmatayni	الْإِقَامَتَيْنِ al-ʔiqāmatayni	إِقَامَتَيْ ʔiqāmatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِقَامَات ʔiqāmāt	الْإِقَامَات al-ʔiqāmāt	إِقَامَات ʔiqāmāt
Nominative	إِقَامَاتٌ ʔiqāmātun	الْإِقَامَاتُ al-ʔiqāmātu	إِقَامَاتُ ʔiqāmātu
Accusative	إِقَامَاتٍ ʔiqāmātin	الْإِقَامَاتِ al-ʔiqāmāti	إِقَامَاتِ ʔiqāmāti
Genitive	إِقَامَاتٍ ʔiqāmātin	الْإِقَامَاتِ al-ʔiqāmāti	إِقَامَاتِ ʔiqāmāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: iqamə, iqamət
• → Indonesian: ikamah
• → Japanese: イカーマ (ikāma)
• → Northern Kurdish: îqame
• → Persian: اقامت
  • → Urdu: اقامت
• → Ottoman Turkish: اقامه, اقامت
  • → Turkish: ikame, ikamet

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “إقامة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN