धीमा

See also: धिमे, धीमे, and धूम

Hindi

Etymology

From Prakrit [script needed] (*dhīmma, “slow”), perhaps related to a family of Prakrit words meaning "lump" with an initial ढ् (ḍh), including Prakrit [script needed] (*ḍhīmma-, “lump”); the further origin of these words is unknown and perhaps borrowed from a substrate like Dravidian or Munda. Compare Punjabi ਧੀਮਾ (dhīmā) / دھِیما (dhīmā), Gujarati ધીમું (dhīmũ), Marathi धिमे (dhime), Bengali ঢিমা (ḍhima).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱiː.mɑː/, [d̪ʱiː.mäː]

Adjective

धीमा • (dhīmā) (Urdu spelling دِھیمِا)

1. slow, sluggish, steady
2. gentle
3. lazy
4. quiet

Declension

Declension of धीमा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	धीमा dhīmā	धीमे dhīme	धीमी dhīmī	धीमी dhīmī
oblique	धीमे dhīme	धीमे dhīme	धीमी dhīmī	धीमी dhīmī
vocative	धीमे dhīme	धीमे dhīme	धीमी dhīmī	धीमी dhīmī

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “धीमा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dhīmma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press