इस्म

See also: इसम

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɪsm/

Noun

इस्म • (ism) m (Urdu spelling اِسْم)

1. (rare) name

   Synonym: नाम (nām)

   इस्म-ए-शरीफ़ ― ism-e-śarīf ― good name

2. (grammar, uncommon) noun; substantive

   Synonym: संज्ञा (saṅgyā)

Declension

Declension of इस्म (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	इस्म ism	इस्म ism
oblique	इस्म ism	इस्मों ismõ
vocative	इस्म ism	इस्मो ismo

References

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