ख़िदमत

Hindi

Etymology

From Arabic خِدْمَة (ḵidma), from the root خ د م (ḵ-d-m).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xɪd̪.mət̪/, [xɪd̪.mɐt̪], /kʰɪd̪.mət̪/, [kʰɪd̪.mɐt̪]

Noun

ख़िदमत • (xidmat) f (Urdu spelling خدمت)

1. service, labour

   Synonym: सेवा (sevā)

Derived terms

• ख़िदमतगार (xidmatgār)

References

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