مقدم muḳaddam A (part. pass. II. of قدم Heb. and Aram. ) adj. Antecedent, prior, pre- ceding; s. m. The advanced guard, a chief, a leader. مقدم جاننا muḳaddam jānnā, To prefer, to consider preferable (over). مقدم هونا mu- ḳaddam honā, To precede. ¶ maḳdam (noun of place or time) s. m. Arrival.