أبدي (Arabic)

Where does "أبدي" come from?

The Arabic adjective 'أبدي' (abadiyya) is formed by taking the noun 'أبد' (abad), which means eternity or an endless stretch of time, and appending the suffix '-iy' to create a property or relative form. This nisba derivation transforms the concept of simple timelessness into an adjective that describes something as eternal or everlasting.

Full etymology tree

• أبدي (abdiyy) (Arabic), 'eternal, everlasting, endless'
  • affix أبد (ʔabad) (Arabic), 'to stay, to linger'
  • affix ـِيّ (-iyy) (Arabic)

Descendants and derived words

• əbədi (Azerbaijani)
• əbədi (Azerbaijani)
• ابدی (Ottoman Turkish)
• ابدی (Persian)
• ebedi (Turkmen)
• ئەبەدىي (Uyghur)
• abadiy (Uzbek)

Updated May 2026

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