धर्म

Hindi

Wikipedia ^hi

Etymology

From Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold, to support”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [dʱərm]

Noun

धर्म • (dharm) m, Urdu spelling دھرم

1. religion, faith

   हम किसी धर्म का तिरस्कार नहीं करना चाहते।

   We do not want to disregard any religion.

   धर्म हमारे समाज की रीढ़ है।

   Religion is the backbone of our society.

2. virtue, righteousness

   हमारा नेता एक धर्म-स्तम्भ है।

   Our leader is a pillar of righteousness.

3. duty

   तुम्हारी मृत्यु से पहले, अपना अन्तिम धर्म निभाना पड़ता।

   Before your death, you must fulfill your duty.

Declension

declension of धर्म

	singular		plural
direct	धर्म (dharm)		धर्म (dharm)
indirect	धर्म (dharm)		धर्मों (dharmõ)
vocative	धर्म (dharm)		धर्मो (dharmo)

Synonyms

• (religion) मज़हब (mazhab)
• (duty) कर्तव्य (kartavya)

Derived terms

• अधर्म (adharma, “unrighteousness”)
• धार्मिक (dhārmik, “religious”)
• धर्मकार्य (dharma-kārya, “religious rite or function”)
• धर्मग्रंथ (dharma-granth, “religious scripture”)
• धर्मतन्त्र (dharma-tantra, “theocracy”)
• धर्ममार्ग (dharma-mārg, “the path of virtue”)
• धर्मव्रती (dharma-vratī, “duty-bound”)

References

• धर्म in Bahri, Hardev (1989), Learners' Hindi-English dictionary (Delhi: Rajpal & Sons)
• धर्म in Chaturvedi, Mahendra and Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), A practical Hindi-English dictionary (Delhi: National Publishing House)

---

Marathi

Wikipedia ^mr

Etymology

From Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma)

Noun

धर्म (dharma) m

1. religion

---

Newari

Wikipedia ^new

Etymology

From Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma)

Noun

धर्म (dharma)

1. religion

---

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold, to support”).

Noun

धर्म (dhárma) m

1. morality, virtue, moral code, good deed, good works
2. that which is established or firm, steadfast decree, statute, ordinance, law
3. usage, practice, customary observance or prescribed conduct, duty
4. right, justice (often as a synonym of punishment)
5. religion, religious merit
6. Law or Justice personified
7. the law or doctrine of Buddhism
8. the ethical precepts of Buddhism
9. the law of Northern Buddhism
10. nature, character, peculiar condition or essential quality, property, mark, peculiarity
11. a particular ceremony
12. sacrifice
13. the ninth mansion
14. Upanishad
15. associating with the virtuous
16. religious abstraction, devotion
17. bow
18. Soma-drinker
19. name of the 15th अर्हत् (arhat) of the present अवसर्पिणी (ava-sarpiṇī)

Declension

    Masculine a-stem declension of धर्म

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	धर्मः (dharmaḥ)	धर्मौ (dharmau)	धर्माः (dharmāḥ)
Vocative	धर्म (dharma)	धर्मौ (dharmau)	धर्माः (dharmāḥ)
Accusative	धर्मम् (dharmam)	धर्मौ (dharmau)	धर्मान् (dharmān)
Instrumental	धर्मेण (dharmeṇa)	धर्माभ्याम् (dharmābhyām)	धर्मैः (dharmaiḥ)
Dative	धर्माय (dharmāya)	धर्माभ्याम् (dharmābhyām)	धर्मेभ्यः (dharmebhyaḥ)
Ablative	धर्मात् (dharmāt)	धर्माभ्याम् (dharmābhyām)	धर्मेभ्यः (dharmebhyaḥ)
Genitive	धर्मस्य (dharmasya)	धर्मयोः (dharmayoḥ)	धर्माणाम् (dharmāṇām)
Locative	धर्मे (dharme)	धर्मयोः (dharmayoḥ)	धर्मेषु (dharmeṣu)

Related terms

• धर्मन् (dharman)

Descendants

Bengali: ধর্ম (dhôrmô) English: dharma Hindi: धर्म (dharm) Gujarati: ધર્મ (dharm) Lao: ທຳ (tham) Marathi: धर्म

Newari: धर्म Pali: dhamma Punjabi: ਧਰਮ Telugu: ధర్మము (dharmamu) Thai: ธรรม (tham) Urdu: دھرم (dharm)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0510