ख़िदमत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِدْمَة (ḵidma), from the root خ د م (ḵ d m).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /xɪd̪.mət̪/, [xɪd̪.mɐt̪], /kʰɪd̪.mət̪/, [kʰɪd̪.mɐt̪]

Noun

ख़िदमत • (xidmat) f (Urdu spelling خدمت)

service, labour
Synonym: सेवा (sevā)

Declension

Declension of *ख़िदमत* (fem cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	ख़िदमत xidmat	ख़िदमतें xidmatẽ
oblique	ख़िदमत xidmat	ख़िदमतों xidmatõ
vocative	ख़िदमत xidmat	ख़िदमतो xidmato

Derived terms

ख़िदमतगार (xidmatgār)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़िदमत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press