गुम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گم (gum). Compare Bengali গুম (gum).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡʊm/, [ɡʊ̃m]

Adjective

गुम • (gum) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling گم)

1. lost, misplaced

   गुम होना ― gum honā ― to be lost, to disappear

   मुझसे चाबी गुम गई, क्या तुमको पता है कहाँ है?

   mujhse cābī gum gaī, kyā tumko patā hai kahā̃ hai?

   I have lost my keys, do you know where they are?

2. missing

   Synonym: लापता (lāptā)

Derived terms

• गुमना (gumnā)
• गुमनाम (gumnām)
• गुमनामी (gumnāmī)
• गुमराह (gumrāh)
• गुमराह करना (gumrāh karnā)
• गुमराही (gumrāhī)
• गुमशुदा (gumśudā)
• गुमसुम (gumsum)
• गुमाना (gumānā)

 

References

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