गर्म

See also: गर्मी, गरमी, and ग्राम

Hindi

Alternative forms

• गरम (garam)

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás

Proto-Iranian *garmáh

Classical Persian گَرْم (garm)bor.

Hindi गर्म

Borrowed from Classical Persian گَرْم (garm). Doublet of घर्म (gharm) and घाम (ghām).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡə.ɾəm/, [ɡɐ.ɾɐ̃m], /ɡəɾm/, [ɡɐɾm]

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• Rhymes: -əɾm

Adjective

गर्म • (garm) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling گرم)

1. warm; hot

   Synonym: उष्ण (uṣṇa)

   Antonym: ठंडा (ṭhaṇḍā)

   आज बाहर बहुत गर्म है। ― āj bāhar bahut garm hai. ― It's very hot outside today.

   गर्मागर्म ― garmāgarm ― piping hot; freshly made

2. active, live; fresh

   गर्म ख़बर ― garm xabar ― breaking news, fresh news

   गर्म तार ― garm tār ― live wire

3. angry, furious

Derived terms

• गरम मसाला (garam masālā)
• गरमाई (garmāī)
• गरमाना (garmānā)
• गरमाहट (garmāhaṭ)
• गर्म करना (garm karnā, “to heat; to excite”)
• गर्म दल (garm dal, “garam dal, the extremist faction of the early Congress party of India”, literally “hot party”)
• गर्मागर्म (garmāgarm)
• गर्मी (garmī, “heat, warmth”)
• गर्मी पड़ना (garmī paṛnā)

Descendants

• → Nepali: गरम (garam)

References

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