निगम
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit निगम (nigama, “caravan, merchant-group”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /nɪ.ɡəm/, [nɪ.ɡɐ̃m]
Noun
निगम • (nigam) m
- (business) corporation
- बहुराष्ट्रीय निगम ― bahurāṣṭrīya nigam ― multinational corporation
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | निगम nigam |
निगम nigam |
| oblique | निगम nigam |
निगमों nigamõ |
| vocative | निगम nigam |
निगमो nigamo |
See also
- कंपनी (kampnī)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নিগম (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬶᬕᬫ (Balinese script)
- নিগম (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰰𑰐𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀺𑀕𑀫 (Brahmi script)
- နိဂမ (Burmese script)
- નિગમ (Gujarati script)
- ਨਿਗਮ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌿𑌗𑌮 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦶꦒꦩ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂱𑂏𑂧 (Kaithi script)
- ನಿಗಮ (Kannada script)
- និគម (Khmer script)
- ນິຄມ (Lao script)
- നിഗമ (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᡳᡤᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘱𑘐𑘦 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠢᠺᠠᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧒𑦰𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐶𑐐𑐩 (Newa script)
- ନିଗମ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢶꢔꢪ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆴𑆓𑆩 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖰𑖐𑖦 (Siddham script)
- නිගම (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩑𑩞𑩴 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚮𑚌𑚢 (Takri script)
- நிக³ம (Tamil script)
- నిగమ (Telugu script)
- นิคม (Thai script)
- ནི་ག་མ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒱𑒑𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨁𑨍𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
नि- (ni-) + गम (gama), literally “going in” (see गम् (gam, “to go”) for more on the root).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ni.ɡɐ.mɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪i.ɡɐ.mɐ/
Noun
निगम • (nigama) stem, m
- insertion (esp. the name of a deity into a liturgical formula)
- town, city, marketplace
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | निगमः (nigamaḥ) | निगमौ (nigamau) निगमा¹ (nigamā¹) |
निगमाः (nigamāḥ) निगमासः¹ (nigamāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | निगमम् (nigamam) | निगमौ (nigamau) निगमा¹ (nigamā¹) |
निगमान् (nigamān) |
| instrumental | निगमेन (nigamena) | निगमाभ्याम् (nigamābhyām) | निगमैः (nigamaiḥ) निगमेभिः¹ (nigamebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | निगमाय (nigamāya) | निगमाभ्याम् (nigamābhyām) | निगमेभ्यः (nigamebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | निगमात् (nigamāt) | निगमाभ्याम् (nigamābhyām) | निगमेभ्यः (nigamebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | निगमस्य (nigamasya) | निगमयोः (nigamayoḥ) | निगमानाम् (nigamānām) |
| locative | निगमे (nigame) | निगमयोः (nigamayoḥ) | निगमेषु (nigameṣu) |
| vocative | निगम (nigama) | निगमौ (nigamau) निगमा¹ (nigamā¹) |
निगमाः (nigamāḥ) निगमासः¹ (nigamāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → Pali: nigama
- → Burmese: နိဂုံး (ni.gum:)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “निगम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 545, column 3.