الہام
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian الهام (ilhām, “inspiration”), itself from Arabic إِلْهَام (ʔilhām).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪl.ɦɑːm/
Audio (PK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːm
- Hyphenation: اِل‧ہام
Noun edit
الہام • (ilhām) m (Hindi spelling इलहाम)
- (religion) revelation
- intuition; or occurrence.
Declension edit
| Declension of الہام | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | الہام (ilhām) | الہام (ilhām) |
| oblique | الہام (ilhām) | الہاموں (ilhāmō̃) |
| vocative | الہام (ilhām) | الہامو (ilhāmō) |
Further reading edit
- “الہام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “الہام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “الہام”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.