बीमा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیمه (bīma). Compare Assamese বীমা (bima), Bengali বিমা (bima), Marathi विमा (vimā), Telugu బీమా (bīmā).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

बीमा • (bīmā) m (Urdu spelling بیمہ)

1. insurance
2. insurance premium

Declension

Declension of बीमा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बीमा bīmā	बीमे bīme
oblique	बीमे bīme	बीमों bīmõ
vocative	बीमे bīme	बीमो bīmo

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: بيمة (bīma)

References

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