अवाम

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. the public, masses
2. common folk

   Synonym: जनता (jantā)

Declension

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

	plural
direct	अवाम avām
oblique	अवामों avāmõ
vocative	अवामो avāmo

References

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