गर्म

See also: गर्मी, गरमी, and ग्राम

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian گرم‎ (garm), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-. Compare Bengali গরম (gôrôm), Gujarati ગરમ (garam), Marathi गरम (garam), Assamese গৰম (gorom).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡə.ɾəm/, /ɡəɾm/
• Rhymes: -əɾm

Adjective

गर्म • (garm) (Urdu spelling گرم‎)

1. warm; hot

   आज बाहर बहुत गर्म है। ― āj bāhar bahut garma hai. ― It's very hot outside today.

   गर्मागर्म ― garmāgarma ― piping hot; freshly made

2. active, live; fresh

   गर्म ख़बर ― garma xabar ― breaking news, fresh news

   गर्म तार ― garma tār ― live wire

3. angry, furious

Alternative forms

• गरम (garam)

Derived terms

• गर्मी (garmī, “heat, warmth”)
• गर्म करना (garma karnā, “to heat; to excite”)
• गर्म दल (garma dal, “garam dal, the extremist faction of the early Congress party of India”, literally “hot party”)