आदमी

See also: आदम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آدمی‎ (âdami), from Arabic آدَمِيّ‎ (ʾādamiyy, “human”), from آدَم‎ (ʾādam, “Adam”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾadm-.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑːd̪.miː/, [äːd̪.miː]

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Noun

आदमी • (ādmī) m (Urdu spelling آدمی‎)

1. human being, person

   आदमी बहुत स्वार्थी प्राणी है।

   ādmī bahut svārthī prāṇī hai.

   Man is a selfish being.

   Synonyms: इंसान (insān), मनुष्य (manuṣya) (formal)

   Antonyms: जानवर (jānvar), पशु (paśu)

2. man, male

   क्या वह आदमी है या औरत? ― kyā vah ādmī hai yā aurat? ― Is he a man or a woman?

   Synonyms: पुरुष (puruṣ), नर (nar), मर्द (mard)

   Antonyms: औरत (aurat), स्त्री (strī), नारी (nārī), महिला (mahilā)

Declension

Declension of आदमी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आदमी ādmī	आदमी ādmī
oblique	आदमी ādmī	आदमियों ādmiyõ
vocative	आदमी ādmī	आदमियो ādmiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart, “आदमी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, 1993
• Platts, John Thompson, “आदमी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co., 1884