इनाम

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

इनाम • (inām) m (Urdu spelling اِنْعَامْ)

1. reward

   इनाम देना ― inām denā ― to 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

Declension of इनाम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	इनाम inām	इनाम, इनामात inām, ināmāt
oblique	इनाम inām	इनामों, इनामातों ināmõ, ināmātõ
vocative	इनाम inām	इनामो, इनामातो ināmo, ināmāto

Derived terms

• इनाम-इकराम (inām-ikrām)
• इनामदार (ināmdār)

Descendants

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

Further reading

• 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.