वहम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَهْم (wahm).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋə.ɦəm/, [ʋɛ.ɦɛ̃m]

Noun

वहम • (vaham) m (Urdu spelling وہم)

1. delusion, imagination, fantasy
2. suspicion, notion

Declension

Declension of वहम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वहम vaham	वहम vaham
oblique	वहम vaham	वहमों vahamõ
vocative	वहम vaham	वहमो vahamo

Derived terms

• वहमी (vahmī)

References

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