ఇనాము

See also: ఇనుము

Telugu

Alternative forms

• ఇనాం (ināṁ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani انعام / इनाम (inām), from Classical Persian انعام (in'ām), from Arabic إِنْعَام (ʔinʕām).

Noun

ఇనాము • (ināmu) ? (plural ఇనాములు)

1. a present, gift
2. a grant of land either rent-free or bearing a small quite-rent

Further reading

• "ఇనాము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 136