नीलाम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese leilão, from Arabic الإِعْلَام (al-ʔiʕlām). Compare Gujarati લિલામ (lilām), Marathi लिलाव (lilāv), Bengali নিলাম (nilam), Kannada ಲಿಲಾವು (lilāvu).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /niː.lɑːm/, [niː.lä̃ːm]

Noun

नीलाम • (nīlām) m (Urdu spelling نیلام)

1. auction (a public event where goods are sold through bidding)

Declension

Declension of नीलाम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नीलाम nīlām	नीलाम nīlām
oblique	नीलाम nīlām	नीलामों nīlāmõ
vocative	नीलाम nīlām	नीलामो nīlāmo

Descendants

• → Pashto: ليلام