ख़ामी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خامی (xāmī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /xɑː.miː/, [xäː.miː], /kʰɑː.miː/, [kʰäː.miː]

Noun

ख़ामी • (xāmī) f (Urdu spelling خامی)

1. defect, issue, shortcoming

   Synonym: कमी (kamī)

   इस नए तंत्र में अभी भी कुछ ख़ामियाँ हैं।

   is nae tantra mẽ abhī bhī kuch xāmiyā̃ ha͠i.

   This system still has some flaws.

Declension

Declension of ख़ामी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़ामी xāmī	ख़ामियाँ xāmiyā̃
oblique	ख़ामी xāmī	ख़ामियों xāmiyõ
vocative	ख़ामी xāmī	ख़ामियो xāmiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़ामी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press