وہم

Urdu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic وَهَمَ (wahama)
    Arabic وَهْم (wahm)bor.
    Classical Persian وَهْم (wahm)bor.
    Urdu وَہْم (vahm)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian وَهْم (wahm), borrowed from Arabic وَهْم (wahm), from وَهَمَ (wahama). First attested in c. 1582 as Middle Hindi وہم (vhm /⁠vaham⁠/).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʋəɦm/, [ʋɛɦm]
    • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ʋə.ɦəm/, [ʋɛ.ɦɛ̃m]
    • Rhymes: -əɦm, -ɛɦm, -əm, -ɛm

    Noun

    وَہْم • (vahm) m (formal plural اَوہام (auhām), Hindi spelling वहम)

    1. delusion, illusion, superstition

    Declension

    Declension of وہم
    singular plural
    direct وَہْم (vahm) وَہْم (vahm)
    oblique وَہْم (vahm) وَہْموں (vahmõ)
    vocative وَہْم (vahm) وَہْمو (vahmo)

    References

    1. ^ “وہم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

    Ushojo

    Etymology

    From Urdu وہم (vahm).

    Noun

    وہم (vahm)

    1. alternative form of وھَم
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