گرمی

See also: كرمي

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گَرْمِی (garmī).

Noun

گَرْمِی (garmī) f

1. heat
2. summer (season of the year)

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás

Proto-Iranian *garmáhder.

Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭬𐭩𐭧 (gʿmyḥ /⁠garmīh⁠/)

Persian گرمی

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭬𐭩𐭧 (gʿmyḥ /⁠garmīh⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *garmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- + *-mós. See گرم (garm, “warm”) for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡar.ˈmiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡäɾ.miː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡäɾ.miː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡäɾ.miː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡäɾ.mi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲæɹ.miː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡäɾ.mi]

Readings
Classical reading?	garmī
Dari reading?	garmī
Iranian reading?	garmi
Tajik reading?	garmi

Noun

Dari	گرمی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гармӣ

گرمی • (garmi)

1. warmth
2. heat
3. fervour

Synonyms

• گرما (garmâ)

Related terms

• گرم (garm)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás

Proto-Iranian *garmáhder.

Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭬𐭩𐭧 (gʿmyḥ /⁠garmīh⁠/)

Classical Persian گَرْمِی (garmī)bor.

Urdu گرمی

Borrowed from Classical Persian گَرْمِی (garmī), from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭬𐭩𐭧 (gʿmyḥ /⁠garmīh⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *garmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- + *-mós. First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi گرمی (grmy /⁠garmī⁠/). By surface analysis, گَرْم (garm) +‎ ی (ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡəɾ.miː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: گَر‧می

Noun

گَرْمِی • (garmī) f (Hindi spelling गर्मी)

1. heat
2. summer (season of the year)
3. excitement, passion, ardour
4. love, cordiality
5. anger, rage
6. venereal disease

Declension

Declension of گرمی

	singular	plural
direct	گَرْمی (garmī)	گَرْمِیاں (garmiyā̃)
oblique	گَرْمی (garmī)	گَرْمِیوں (garmiyō̃)
vocative	گَرْمی (garmī)	گَرْمِیو (garmiyō)

Further reading

• “گرمی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “گرمی”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu گرمی (garmī).

Noun

گرمی (garmī)

1. summer