क़ौम

See also: कम, किम्, कृमि, काम, कमी, and कामी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَوْم (qawm). Cognate with Bengali কওম (koōm), Gujarati કૌમ (kaum), Punjabi ਕੌਮ (kaum).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /qɔːm/, [qɔ̃ːm], /kɔːm/, [kɔ̃ːm]

Noun

क़ौम • (qaum) f (plural अक़्वाम, Urdu spelling قوم)

  1. nation
    Synonyms: राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra), वतन (vatan)
  2. creed, race
    Synonym: जाति (jāti)
  3. community, religion
    Synonyms: कुल (kul), संप्रदाय (sampradāy), धर्म (dharm)

Declension

Declension of क़ौम (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct क़ौम
qaum 		क़ौमें, अक़वाम
qaumẽ, aqvām
oblique क़ौम
qaum 		क़ौमों, अक़वामों
qaumõ, aqvāmõ
vocative क़ौम
qaum 		क़ौमो, अक़वामो
qaumo, aqvāmo
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