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दम

See also: दुम, द्म, and दाम

Hindi

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Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪əm/, [d̪ɐ̃m]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -əm

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Classical Persian دم (dam), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dam). Compare Bengali দম (dom), Gujarati દમ (dam).
Last two senses, perhaps conflated with Sanskrit दम्भ (dámbha).

Noun

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दम • (dam) m (Urdu spelling دم)

  1. breath
  2. puff, whiff
    1. breathing or blowing out; puff (as in casting a spell)
    2. draw, puff (as at a hookah)
  3. life, spirit
    1. vitality, vigour; ambition; mettle
      उसमें कोई दम नहीं है। ― usmẽ koī dam nahī̃ hai. ― He has no stamina.
    2. quality (as of material)
    3. efficacy (as of medicine)
  4. stewing over a small fire
  5. moment, instant
  6. false hope
  7. deceit, fraud, trickery
Declension
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Declension of दम (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct दम
dam 		दम
dam
oblique दम
dam 		दमों
damõ
vocative दम
dam 		दमो
damo
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Classical Persian دم (dam), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.

Noun

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दम • (dam) m (Urdu spelling دم)

  1. sharp edge of a blade

Etymology 3

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian دم (dam), from Arabic دَم (dam). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew דָּם (dɔm), Akkadian 𒁁 (dāmum).

    Noun

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    दम • (dam) m (Urdu spelling دم)

    1. blood
    Declension
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    Declension of दम (masc cons-stem)
    singular plural
    direct दम
    dam     		दम
    dam
    oblique दम
    dam     		दमों
    damõ
    vocative दम
    dam     		दमो
    damo

    Etymology 4

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    Borrowed from Sanskrit दम (dama), From the verb दाम्यति (dā́myati), Proto-Indo-Aryan *dā́myati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dā́myati, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δάμνημι (dámnēmi), Latin domō, English tame.

    Noun

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    दम • (dam) m (Urdu spelling دم)

    1. taming, subduing
    2. self-control, self-restraint
      छुरी तले दम लेने की आवश्यकता है
      churī tale dam lene kī āvaśyaktā hai
      It is important to have self-restraint under difficult circumstances.
    Declension
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    Declension of दम (masc cons-stem)
    singular plural
    direct दम
    dama     		दम
    dama
    oblique दम
    dama     		दमों
    damõ
    vocative दम
    dama     		दमो
    damo

    References

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    • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “दम”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
    • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “दम”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
    • Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “दम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
    • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
    • Platts, John T. (1884) “दम”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

    Sanskrit

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dámas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dámas, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm. Cognate with Latin domus (whence English dome), Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos), Old Church Slavonic домъ (domŭ), Old Armenian տուն (tun).

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    Noun

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    दम • (dáma) stem, m

    1. house
    2. home
    Declension
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    Masculine a-stem declension of दम (dáma)
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative दमः
    dámaḥ     		दमौ / दमा¹
    dámau / dámā¹     		दमाः / दमासः¹
    dámāḥ / dámāsaḥ¹
    Vocative दम
    dáma     		दमौ / दमा¹
    dámau / dámā¹     		दमाः / दमासः¹
    dámāḥ / dámāsaḥ¹
    Accusative दमम्
    dámam     		दमौ / दमा¹
    dámau / dámā¹     		दमान्
    dámān
    Instrumental दमेन
    dámena     		दमाभ्याम्
    dámābhyām     		दमैः / दमेभिः¹
    dámaiḥ / dámebhiḥ¹
    Dative दमाय
    dámāya     		दमाभ्याम्
    dámābhyām     		दमेभ्यः
    dámebhyaḥ
    Ablative दमात्
    dámāt     		दमाभ्याम्
    dámābhyām     		दमेभ्यः
    dámebhyaḥ
    Genitive दमस्य
    dámasya     		दमयोः
    dámayoḥ     		दमानाम्
    dámānām
    Locative दमे
    dáme     		दमयोः
    dámayoḥ     		दमेषु
    dámeṣu
    Notes
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    Etymology 2

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    From the verb दाम्यति (dā́myati), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame”).

    Noun

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    दम • (dáma) stem, m

    1. taming
    2. self-restraint
    3. self-control
    4. temperance
    Declension
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    Masculine a-stem declension of दम (dáma)
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative दमः
    dámaḥ     		दमौ / दमा¹
    dámau / dámā¹     		दमाः / दमासः¹
    dámāḥ / dámāsaḥ¹
    Vocative दम
    dáma     		दमौ / दमा¹
    dámau / dámā¹     		दमाः / दमासः¹
    dámāḥ / dámāsaḥ¹
    Accusative दमम्
    dámam     		दमौ / दमा¹
    dámau / dámā¹     		दमान्
    dámān
    Instrumental दमेन
    dámena     		दमाभ्याम्
    dámābhyām     		दमैः / दमेभिः¹
    dámaiḥ / dámebhiḥ¹
    Dative दमाय
    dámāya     		दमाभ्याम्
    dámābhyām     		दमेभ्यः
    dámebhyaḥ
    Ablative दमात्
    dámāt     		दमाभ्याम्
    dámābhyām     		दमेभ्यः
    dámebhyaḥ
    Genitive दमस्य
    dámasya     		दमयोः
    dámayoḥ     		दमानाम्
    dámānām
    Locative दमे
    dáme     		दमयोः
    dámayoḥ     		दमेषु
    dámeṣu
    Notes
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