फ़हम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فهم (faham), from Arabic فَهْم (fahm), from the root ف ه م (f h m).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /fə.ɦəm/, [fɛ.ɦɛ̃m], /pʰə.ɦəm/, [pʰɛ.ɦɛ̃m]

Noun

फ़हम • (faham) f (Urdu spelling فہم)

1. understanding, comprehension

Declension

Declension of फ़हम (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	फ़हम faham	फ़हमें fahamẽ
oblique	फ़हम faham	फ़हमों fahamõ
vocative	फ़हम faham	फ़हमो fahamo

Derived terms

• आम-फ़हम (ām-faham, “intelligible”)

References

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