گم

See also: کم and كم

Persian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Iranian *wi- (“apart”) + *maiH- (“to harm, damage, fade, decrease”). The prefix is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wí, from Proto-Indo-European *wi (“apart, away”), and the latter component is from Proto-Indo-European *meyH- (“to lessen, diminish”), from *mey- (“small, little”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡum]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡum]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥om]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡum]

Readings
Classical reading?	gum
Dari reading?	gum
Iranian reading?	gom
Tajik reading?	gum

Adjective

Dari	گم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гум

گم • (gom)

1. lost, missing, invisible

Related terms

• گم کردن (gom kardan, “to lose”)
• گم شدن (gom šodan, “to become lost”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گم (gum).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡʊm/
• Rhymes: -ʊm

Adjective

گُم • (gum) (Hindi spelling गुम)

1. lost, missing
2. absent, invisible
3. distracted, wanting, wandering

References

• “گم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “گم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.