मज़लूम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَظْلُوم (maẓlūm). Compare Bengali মজলুম (mojlum).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /məz.luːm/, [mɐz.lũːm], /məd͡ʒ.luːm/, [mɐd͡ʒ.lũːm]

Adjective

मज़लूम • (mazlūm) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مظلوم)

1. oppressed, treated unjustly

Related terms

• ज़ालिम (zālim)
• ज़ुल्म (zulm)

References

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