निकम्मा
Hindi edit
Alternative forms edit
- निकाम (nikām)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan, whence Punjabi ਨਿਕੰਮਾ (nikammā), from Sanskrit निष्कर्मन् (niṣkarman, “inactive”), from निस्- (nis-, “without”) + कर्मन् (karman, “action”). Largely eclipsed the native equivalent निकाम (nikām). By surface analysis, नि- (ni-) + काम (kām).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
निकम्मा • (nikammā) (Urdu spelling نکما)
- unemployed, without work
- (usually derogatory) useless, idle
Declension edit
Declension of निकम्मा (ā-stem)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- निकम्मापन (nikammāpan, “idleness, uselessness”)
References edit
- Platts, John T. (1884) “निकम्मा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “निकम्मा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House