गुमराह

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گمراه (gum-rāh). Equivalent to गुम (gum, “lost”) +‎ राह (rāh, “way”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡʊm.ɾɑːɦ/, [ɡʊ̃m.ɾäːʱ]

Adjective

गुमराह • (gumrāh) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling گمراہ)

1. losing the way, wandering
2. misled
3. gone astray

Noun

गुमराह • (gumrāh) m

1. one who has lost their way

Declension

Declension of गुमराह (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गुमराह gumrāh	गुमराह gumrāh
oblique	गुमराह gumrāh	गुमराहों gumrāhõ
vocative	गुमराह gumrāh	गुमराहो gumrāho

Derived terms

• गुमराही (gumrāhī)

References

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