इनाम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian انعام (in'ām, “reward, bonus, gratuity”), from Arabic إِنْعَام (ʔinʕām).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɪ.nɑːm/, [ɪ.nä̃ːm]
• Hyphenation: इ‧नाम
• Rhymes: -ɑːm

Noun

इनाम • (inām) m (Urdu spelling اِنْعَامْ)

1. reward

   (deprecated template usage) इनाम देना ― inām denā ― to reward

2. prize

   (deprecated template usage)

   उसने इनाम आकाश से पड़ा हुआ भाग्य जैसे लिया और तुरंत गाड़ी खरीद ली

   usne inām ākāś se paṛā huā bhāgya jaise liyā aur turant gāṛī kharīd lī

   He accepted the price(money) as fortune from heaven and immediately bought a car with it

Declension

Declension of इनाम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	इनाम inām	इनाम, इनामात inām, ināmāt
oblique	इनाम inām	इनामों, इनामातों ināmõ, ināmātõ
vocative	इनाम inām	इनामो, इनामातो ināmo, ināmāto

Derived terms

• इनाम-इकराम (inām-ikrām)
• इनामदार (ināmdār)

Descendants

• → Telugu: ఇనాము (ināmu), ఇనాం (ināṁ)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “इनाम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “इन'आम”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.