जिस्म

See also: जसमा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جِسْم (jism), from Arabic جِسْم (jism).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪs.mᵊ/

Noun

जिस्म • (jism) m (Urdu spelling جسم)

1. body

   Synonym: देह (deh)

2. (biology) organism

Declension

Declension of जिस्म (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जिस्म jism	जिस्म jism
oblique	जिस्म jism	जिस्मों jismõ
vocative	जिस्म jism	जिस्मो jismo

Derived terms

• जिस्मानी (jismānī, “bodily, physical”)
• जिस्मी (jismī, “bodily”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जिस्म”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press