रक़म

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَقْم (raqm). Compare Bengali রকম (rokom), Marathi रक्कम (rakkam), Tamil ரகம் (rakam).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾə.qəm/, [ɾɐ.qɐ̃m], /ɾə.kəm/, [ɾɐ.kɐ̃m]

Noun

रक़म • (raqam) f (Urdu spelling رقم)

1. amount, quantity; a sum

   Synonyms: मात्रा (mātrā), तादाद (tādād)

   उसको कंपनी से काफ़ी मोटी रक़म मिली है।

   usko kampnī se kāfī moṭī raqam milī hai.

   He has received quite a large sum from the company.

2. total, sum

   Synonym: राशि (rāśi)

3. property, valuables

   Synonym: संपत्ति (sampatti)

Declension

Declension of रक़म (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रक़म raqam	रक़में raqamẽ
oblique	रक़म raqam	रक़मों raqamõ
vocative	रक़म raqam	रक़मो raqamo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रक़म”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “रक़म”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.