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)
- reward
- इनाम देना ― inām denā ― to reward
- prize
- 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
| 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
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “इनाम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 105
- “इन'आम”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.