ज़मीर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ضمیر (zamīr), from Arabic ضَمِير (ḍamīr).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /zə.miːɾ/, [zɐ.miːɾ], /d͡ʒə.miːɾ/, [d͡ʒɐ.miːɾ]
• Hyphenation: ज़‧मीर
• Rhymes: -iːɾ

Noun

ज़मीर • (zamīr) m (Urdu spelling ضَمِیرْ)

1. conscience

   Synonym: अंतःकरण (antaḥkaraṇ)

2. (grammar, rare) personal pronoun

Declension

Declension of ज़मीर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ज़मीर zamīr	ज़मीर, ज़माइर zamīr, zamāir
oblique	ज़मीर zamīr	ज़मीरों, ज़माइरों zamīrõ, zamāirõ
vocative	ज़मीर zamīr	ज़मीरो, ज़माइरो zamīro, zamāiro

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “zamīr”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 359
• “ज़मीर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.