आदमी

See also: आदम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آدمی (âdami), from Arabic آدَمِيّ (ʔādamiyy, “human”), from آدَم (ʔādam, “Adam”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾadm-.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑːd̪.miː/, [äːd̪.miː]

Noun

आदमी • (ādmī) m (Urdu spelling آدمی)

1. a human being, person

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   आदमी बहुत स्वार्थी प्राणी है।

   ādmī bahut svārthī prāṇī hai.

   Man is a selfish being.

   Synonyms: इंसान (insān), (formal) मनुष्य (manuṣya)

   Antonyms: जानवर (jānvar), पशु (paśu)

2. man, male

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   क्या वह आदमी है या औरत?

   kyā vah ādmī hai yā aurat?

   Is he a man or a woman?

   Synonyms: पुरुष (puruṣ), नर (nar), मर्द (mard)

   Antonyms: औरत (aurat), स्त्री (strī), नारी (nārī), महिला (mahilā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आदमी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “आदमी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.