انجام

See also: أنجام

Pashto

Etymology

From Persian اَنجام (anjâm).

Noun

انجام • (anjām) m

1. end, conclusion, outcome
2. tip, extremity

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠hanǰām⁠/, “end, completion, outcome”), from Old Persian [script needed] (*hanǰāma-, “end, conclusion”), from Proto-Iranian *ham- + *gam (“to come”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to go, stand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔan.d͡ʒɑːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän.d͡ʒɑːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän.d͡ʒɑːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔän.d͡ʒɑːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔän.d͡ʒɔːm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæn.d͡ʒɒːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän.d͡ʒɔm]

Readings
Classical reading?	anjām
Dari reading?	anjām
Iranian reading?	anjâm
Tajik reading?	anjom

Noun

Dari	انجام
Iranian Persian
Tajik	анҷом

انجام • (anjâm)

1. end, conclusion

   Antonyms: آغاز (âğâz), شُروع (šoru')

   • c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 115”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎^[1]:

     در همه شغلها که دست برد
     نیکش آغاز و نیکتر انجام

     dar hama šugl-hā ki dast burd
     nēk-aš āğāz u nēktar anjām

     For every work you have done,
     Its beginning was good, its end was better.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. accomplishment, action

Derived terms

• انجام یافتن (anjâm yâftan, “to be finished, to have ended”)
• اَنجام دادَن (anjâm dâdan, “to do”)
• به انجام رساندن (be anjâm resândan, “to finish, to complete”)
• سَرَانجام (saranjâm, “finally”)

 

Verb

انجام • (anjâm)

1. present stem form of انجامیدن (anjâmidan)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “انجام”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “hnc’m”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 42
• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 26
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*gam¹”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 98

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian انجام (anjām), from Middle Persian [script needed] (hanǰām, “end, completion, outcome”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ən.d͡ʒɑːm/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːm

Noun

اَنْجام • (anjām) m (Hindi spelling अंजाम)

1. end, finishing
2. result, conclusion

   اس کا انجام ٹھیک نہیں ہو گا۔

   is kā añjām ṭhīk nahī̃ ho gā

   The result of it won't be right.

Declension

Declension of انجام
	singular	plural
direct	انجام (añjām)	انجام (añjām)
oblique	انجام (añjām)	انجاموں (añjāmō̃)
vocative	انجام (añjām)	انجامو (añjāmō)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “انجام”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu انجام (anjām).

Noun

انجام (anjām)

1. end, finishing
2. result, conclusion