इसम

See also: इस्म

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اسم (ism), from Arabic اِسْم (ism), from Proto-Semitic *šim-. Compare Gujarati ઇસમ (isam), Kannada ಇಸಮು (isamu), Hindustani इस्म (ism) / اِسْم (ism).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.səm/

Noun

इसम • (isam) m

1. person

   Synonyms: मनुष्य (manuṣya), माणूस (māṇūs)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “इसम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “इसम,_इसीम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “इसम,इसीम”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).