रेशम

See also: रेशमी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ریشم (rēšam), a variant of ابریشم (abrēšam, abrēšum, “silk”), from Middle Persian ʾp̄lyš(w)m (abrēšom, “silk”). Compare Bengali রেশম (reśom), Gujarati રેશમ (reśam).

Noun

रेशम • (reśam) m (Urdu spelling ریشم)

1. silk

Declension

Declension of रेशम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रेशम reśam	रेशम reśam
oblique	रेशम reśam	रेशमों reśamõ
vocative	रेशम reśam	रेशमो reśamo

Related terms

• रेशमी (reśmī)

References

• McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press. 1993