Urdu

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit भ्रम (bhrama).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بَھرَم (bharamm (Hindi spelling भरम)

  1. illusion, delusion
  2. error
    Synonyms: شَک (śak), گُمان (gumān), سَنْدیہ (sandeh), رَیب (raib), سَنْشَیَہ (sanśaya), شُبَہ (śuba)
  3. secret

Declension

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Declension of بھرم
singular plural
direct بَھرَم (bharam) بَھرَم (bharam)
oblique بَھرَم (bharam) بَھرَموں (bharamō̃)
vocative بَھرَم (bharam) بَھرَمو (bharamō)

Further reading

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  • بھرم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • بھرم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بھرم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.