انعام

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic إِنْعَام (ʔinʕām).

Noun

انعام • (in`ām) m

1. favor, grace
2. recompense, reward

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْعَام (ʔinʕām).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔin.ˈʔɑːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn.ʔɑ́ːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn.ʔɑ́ːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.nɑ́ːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.nɔ́ːm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔen.ʔɒ́ːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔin.ʔɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading?	in'ām
Dari reading?	in'ām
Iranian reading?	en'âm
Tajik reading?	inʾom

Noun

Dari	انعام
Iranian Persian
Tajik	инъом

انعام • (en'âm)

1. gratuity
2. bonus
3. prize

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian انعام (in'ām, “reward, bonus, gratuity”), from Arabic إِنْعَام (ʔinʕām).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪn.(ʔ)ɑːm/
• Hyphenation: اِنْ‧عَامْ

Noun

انعام • (in'ām) m (formal plural انعامات, Hindi spelling इनाम)

1. reward
2. prize

References

• “انعام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “انعام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.