धाम

Hindi

FWOTD – 29 July 2019

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धामन् (dhāman).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɑːm/, [d̪ʱä̃ːm]

Noun

धाम • (dhām) m

1. dwelling, residence, abode
   1. (Hinduism) the divine abode, supreme dwelling; paradise
      • 1574 – 1576, Tulsidas, Ramcharitmanas :

        जग मंगल गुन ग्राम राम के ।
        दानि मुकुति धन धरम धाम के ॥

        jag maṅgal gun grām rām ke .
        dāni mukuti dhan dharam dhām ke .

        • Translation by Gita Press

          The hosts of virtues possessed by Rāma are a blessing to the world and the bestowers of Liberation, riches, religious merit and the Divine Abode

2. splendor, glory
3. (Hinduism) place of pilgrimage

   (deprecated template usage) चार धाम ― cār dhām ― Char Dham; "the four abodes", four major pilgrimage sites in India

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “धाम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 526