अवाम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَوَامّ (ʕawāmm), the plural of عَامَّة (ʕāmma, “majority”) (compare आम (ām) from عَامّ (ʕāmm)). Compare Punjabi ਅਵਾਮ (avām).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.ʋɑːm/, [ɐ.ʋä̃ːm]

Noun

अवाम • (avām) m pl (Urdu spelling عوام)

  1. the public, masses
  2. common folk
    Synonym: जनता (jantā)

Declension

Declension of अवाम (pl-only masc cons-stem)
plural
direct अवाम
avām
oblique अवामों
avāmõ
vocative अवामो
avāmo

References

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