ख़म

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خم (xam).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xəm/, [xɐ̃m], /kʰəm/, [kʰɐ̃m]

Noun

ख़म • (xam) m (Urdu spelling خم)

1. curve, bend, crookedness

   Synonyms: टेढ़ापन (ṭeṛhāpan), वक्रता (vakratā)

2. loss, defeat

   Synonym: हार (hār)

   हमारे शहर की क्रिकेट टीम का ख़म हुआ।

   hamāre śahar kī krikeṭ ṭīm kā xam huā.

   Our city's cricket team faced defeat.

Declension

Declension of ख़म (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़म xam	ख़म xam
oblique	ख़म xam	ख़मों xamõ
vocative	ख़म xam	ख़मो xamo

References

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