ग़म

See also: गम्, गाम, and गामो

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (ġam), from Arabic غَمّ (ḡamm).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɣəm/, [ɣɐ̃m], /ɡəm/, [ɡɐ̃m]

Noun

ग़म • (ġam) m (Urdu spelling غَم)

grief, sorrow
उसकी मौत पर गहरा ग़म मनाया।
uskī maut par gahrā ġam manāyā.
His death was deeply mourned.

Declension

Declension of *ग़म* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	ग़म ġam	ग़म ġam
oblique	ग़म ġam	ग़मों ġamõ
vocative	ग़म ġam	ग़मो ġamo

Synonyms

दुःख (duḥkh)

Derived terms

गमखोरी (gamkhorī)
ग़मख़ोर (ġamxor)
ग़मगीन (ġamgīn)
ग़मगीनी (ġamgīnī)
ग़मज़दा (ġamzadā)
ग़मनाक (ġamnāk)

References

Platts, John T. (1884) “ग़म”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.