ग्राम

See also: गर्मी, गरमी, and गर्म

Hindi

ग्राम • (grām) m (Urdu spelling گرام)

Declension of ग्राम (masc cons-stem)

ग्राम • (grām) m (Urdu spelling گرام)

Declension of ग्राम (masc cons-stem)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *grā́mas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *grā́mas, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)gróm-os, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to assemble, gather together”). Cognate with Middle Persian [script needed] (grāmag, “property, wealth”).

ग्राम • (grāma) stem, m

an inhabited place, village, hamlet, settlement
the collective inhabitants of place, community, race
any number of men associated together, multitude, troop (especially of soldiers)
the old women of a family
a multitude, class, collection, number
a number of tones, scale, gamut
indriya
inhabitants, people

Masculine a-stem declension of ग्राम (grā́ma)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ग्रामः grā́maḥ	ग्रामौ / ग्रामा¹ grā́mau / grā́mā¹	ग्रामाः / ग्रामासः¹ grā́māḥ / grā́māsaḥ¹
Vocative	ग्राम grā́ma	ग्रामौ / ग्रामा¹ grā́mau / grā́mā¹	ग्रामाः / ग्रामासः¹ grā́māḥ / grā́māsaḥ¹
Accusative	ग्रामम् grā́mam	ग्रामौ / ग्रामा¹ grā́mau / grā́mā¹	ग्रामान् grā́mān
Instrumental	ग्रामेण grā́meṇa	ग्रामाभ्याम् grā́mābhyām	ग्रामैः / ग्रामेभिः¹ grā́maiḥ / grā́mebhiḥ¹
Dative	ग्रामाय grā́māya	ग्रामाभ्याम् grā́mābhyām	ग्रामेभ्यः grā́mebhyaḥ
Ablative	ग्रामात् grā́māt	ग्रामाभ्याम् grā́mābhyām	ग्रामेभ्यः grā́mebhyaḥ
Genitive	ग्रामस्य grā́masya	ग्रामयोः grā́mayoḥ	ग्रामाणाम् grā́māṇām
Locative	ग्रामे grā́me	ग्रामयोः grā́mayoḥ	ग्रामेषु grā́meṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

ग्राम • (grāma) stem, n

Neuter a-stem declension of ग्राम (grāma)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ग्रामम् grāmam	ग्रामे grāme	ग्रामाणि / ग्रामा¹ grāmāṇi / grāmā¹
Vocative	ग्राम grāma	ग्रामे grāme	ग्रामाणि / ग्रामा¹ grāmāṇi / grāmā¹
Accusative	ग्रामम् grāmam	ग्रामे grāme	ग्रामाणि / ग्रामा¹ grāmāṇi / grāmā¹
Instrumental	ग्रामेण grāmeṇa	ग्रामाभ्याम् grāmābhyām	ग्रामैः / ग्रामेभिः¹ grāmaiḥ / grāmebhiḥ¹
Dative	ग्रामाय grāmāya	ग्रामाभ्याम् grāmābhyām	ग्रामेभ्यः grāmebhyaḥ
Ablative	ग्रामात् grāmāt	ग्रामाभ्याम् grāmābhyām	ग्रामेभ्यः grāmebhyaḥ
Genitive	ग्रामस्य grāmasya	ग्रामयोः grāmayoḥ	ग्रामाणाम् grāmāṇām
Locative	ग्रामे grāme	ग्रामयोः grāmayoḥ	ग्रामेषु grāmeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma)
- Prakrit: 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma) (see there for further descendants)
- Bengali: গাঁ (gā)
Dardic:
- Dameli: [script needed] (gram)
- Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (lām)
- Grangali: [script needed] (lām)
- Indus Kohistani: [script needed] (gā̃)
- Kalami: [script needed] (lām)
- Kalasha: grom
- Khowar: [script needed] (gram) (in compounds)
- Kashmiri: گام (gām)
- Northeast Pashayi: [script needed] (lāma)
- Phalura: [script needed] (grōm)
- Savi: [script needed] (grām)
- Shina: [script needed] (gām)
- Shumashti: [script needed] (lām)
- Southeast Pashayi: [script needed] (lām)
- Torwali: [script needed] (gām)
- Wotapuri-Katarqalai: [script needed] (gām)
Pali: gāma
→ Tamil: கிராமம் (kirāmam)
→ Assamese: গ্ৰাম (gram) (learned)
→ Bengali: গ্রাম (gram) (learned)
- → Rohingya: gram
→ Hindi: ग्राम (grām) (learned)
→ Kannada: ಗ್ರಾಮ (grāma) (learned)
→ Marathi: ग्राम (grām) (learned)
→ Punjabi: ਗਰਾਮ (garām) (learned)
→ Telugu: గ్రామము (grāmamu) (learned)
→ Bengali: গেরাম (geram) (semi-learned)
→ Sylheti: ꠉꠦꠞꠣꠝ (geram) (semi-learned)

Monier Williams (1899) “ग्राम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0373/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 507-508
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “grāˊma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press