qadimiy
Qadimiy refers to a transliteration of Arabic terms built from the root qadīm, which means old or ancient. The form qadīmī (masculine) or qadīmiyya (feminine or abstract noun) is used in Arabic to express a relationship to antiquity or to denote the quality of being ancient. In English-language scholarly writing, qadīmiyya may appear to indicate antiquity or antiquatedness, depending on the context and transliteration conventions.
The word functions as a nisba or adjectival form in Arabic. As a nisba, it can denote
In practice, qadīmiyya and related forms appear in several domains. In historical and cultural discourse, it
See also: Arabic language morphology, nisba, antiquity, classical studies.