हम

See also: ह्म, हामी, and हिम

Hindi

Etymology 1

From Old Hindi हम (hama), हंम (haṃma), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe), from Sanskrit अस्मे (asme).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦəm]

Pronoun

हम • (ham) m, f (Urdu spelling ہم‏)

1. we (first person personal plural, nominative case) (Singular: मैं (ma͠i) or हम (ham) in alternate usage)

   हम हैं

   ham ha͠i

   we are

2. I (the first person personal singular pronoun)

Usage notes

Because हम (ham) can mean both we and I, sometimes हम लोग (ham log, “we people”) is used to specifically denote the plural. Usually context makes it clear when हम (ham) is being used for we or for I. It is inflected and used grammatically the same for both meanings.

Declension

Declension of हम
direct	हम (ham)
indirect	हम (ham)
ergative	हमने (hamne)
genitive	हमारा (hamārā)
dative	हमें (hamẽ), हमको (hamko)

Derived terms

• हमाहमी (hamāhamī)

Etymology 2

From Persian هم‏ (ham).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦəm]

Adverb

हम • (ham), Urdu spelling: ہم‏

1. also
2. as well
3. likewise
4. equally
5. together
6. mutually

Conjunction

हम • (ham) (Urdu spelling ہم‏)

1. whether
2. either

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “हम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “हम”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.

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Old Hindi

Alternative forms

• हंम (haṃma)

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe), from Sanskrit अस्मे (asme).

Pronoun

हम (hama)

1. we

Descendants

• Hindi: हम (ham)