قام

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قام

/qaː.ma/
/qoːm/ Central Asia

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Semitic. Compare Hebrew קָם (kam), Ge'ez ቆመ (ḳomä), Classical Syriac ܩܳܡ, Ugaritic 𐎖𐎎 (qm).

verb قَامَ · qāma · يَقُومُ · قَوْم · قَامَة · قِيَام

to stand up (to rise from lying or sitting position); to get up
to do, to undertake, to take upon oneself أَتَقُومُ بِتَمَارِينِ الرِّيَاضَةِ؟
to engage in (constructed with فَهُمْ عَبَدُوا الْأَصْنَامَ وَقامُوا بِمُمَارَسَاتٍ مُنْحَطَّةٍ أُخْرَى.
to rise from the dead يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
to be based on

In English

undertake to start an enterprise
stand up rise from a sitting position
get up to rise from one's bed
rise from the dead to become alive after having died

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {قام},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}