رم جھم

Urdu

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Bengali রিমঝিম (rimojhim).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾɪm.d͡ʒʱɪm/
• Rhymes: -ɪm

Noun

رِم جِھم • (rim jhim) f (Hindi spelling रिमझिम)

1. pitter-patter

Further reading

• “رِم جِھم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “جھم رم جھم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رمجهم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 345
• Platts, John T. (1884) “رم جهم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 599