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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian انعام (in'ām, “reward, bonus, gratuity”), from Arabic إِنْعَام (ʔinʕām).
Pronunciation
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
Declension of इनाम (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms
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 , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.