अवाम

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic عَوَامّ (ʕawāmm), the plural of عَامَّة (ʕāmma, “majority”) (compare आम (ām) from عَامّ (ʕāmm)). Compare Punjabi ਅਵਾਮ (avām).

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.ʋɑːm/, [ɐ.ʋä̃ːm]

Noun edit

अवाम • (avām) m pl (Urdu spelling عوام)

the public, masses
common folk
Synonym: जनता (jantā)

Declension edit

Declension of अवाम (pl-only masc cons-stem)

	plural
direct	अवाम avām
oblique	अवामों avāmõ
vocative	अवामो avāmo

References edit

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अवाम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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