ग़म

See also: गम्, गाम, and गामो

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian غم (ğam), from Arabic غَمّ (ḡamm).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɣəm/, [ɣɐ̃m], /ɡəm/, [ɡɐ̃m]

Noun

ग़म • (ġam) m (Urdu spelling غَم)

1. grief, sorrow

   उसकी मौत पर गहरा ग़म मनाया।

   uskī maut par gahrā ġam manāyā.

   His death was deeply mourned.

Declension

Declension of ग़म (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ग़म ġam	ग़म ġam
oblique	ग़म ġam	ग़मों ġamõ
vocative	ग़म ġam	ग़मो ġamo

Synonyms

• दुःख (duḥkh)

Derived terms

• गमखोरी (gamkhorī)
• ग़मख़ोर (ġamxor)
• ग़मगीन (ġamgīn)
• ग़मगीनी (ġamgīnī)
• ग़मज़दा (ġamzadā)
• ग़मनाक (ġamnāk)

 

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “ग़म”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.