निकम्मा

Hindi

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit निः (niḥ, “without, free of”) + कर्म (karmá, “action, work”)

Adjective

निकम्मा • (nikammā) (Urdu spelling نکما)

1. unemployed, without work
2. (usually derogatory) useless, idle

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   आज कल वह बहुत निकम्मा है।

   āj kal vah bahut nikammā hai.

   He is very idle these days.

Synonyms

• (unemployed): बेरोज़गार (berozgār), बेकार (bekār)
• (useless): बेकार (bekār)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “निकम्मा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “निकम्मा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House