इनाम

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian انعام (in'ām, reward, bonus, gratuity), from Arabic إِنْعَام (ʔinʕām).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɪ.nɑːm/, [ɪ.nä̃ːm]
  • Hyphenation: इ‧नाम
  • Rhymes: -ɑːm

Noun

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इनाम (ināmm (Urdu spelling اِنْعَامْ)

  1. reward
    इनाम देनाinām denāto reward
  2. prize
    उसने इनाम आकाश से पड़ा हुआ भाग्य जैसे लिया और तुरंत गाड़ी खरीद ली
    usne inām ākāś se paṛā huā bhāgya jaise liyā aur turant gāṛī kharīd lī
    He accepted the price(money) as fortune from heaven and immediately bought a car with it

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Telugu: ఇనాము (ināmu), ఇనాం (ināṁ)

Further reading

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  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “इनाम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 105
  • इन'आम”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.