दम

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪əm/,

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• Rhymes: -əm

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian دم (dam), from Middle Persian (dam). Compare Bengali দম (dom), Gujarati દમ (dam).
Last two senses, perhaps conflated with Sanskrit दम्भ (dámbha).

Noun

दम • (dam) m (Urdu spelling دم)

1. breath
2. puff, whiff
   1. breathing or blowing out; puff (as in casting a spell)
   2. draw, puff (as at a hookah)
3. life, spirit
   1. vitality, vigour; ambition; mettle

      उसमें कोई दम नहीं है। ― usmẽ koī dam nahī̃ hai. ― He has no stamina.

   2. quality (as of material)
   3. efficacy (as of medicine)
4. stewing over a small fire
5. moment, instant
6. false hope
7. deceit, fraud, trickery

Declension

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian دم (dam), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.

Noun

दम • (dam) m (Urdu spelling دم)

1. sharp edge of a blade

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian دم (dam), from Arabic دَم (dam), from Proto-Semitic *dam-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *dam-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew דָּם (dɔm), Akkadian 𒁁 (dāmum).

Noun

दम • (dam) m (Urdu spelling دم)

1. blood

Declension

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Sanskrit दम (dama), From the verb दाम्यति (dā́myati), Proto-Indo-Aryan *dā́myati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dā́myati, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δάμνημι (dámnēmi), Latin domō, English tame.

Noun

दम • (dam) m (Urdu spelling دم)

1. taming, subduing
2. self-control, self-restraint

   छुरी तले दम लेने की आवश्यकता है

   churī tale dam lene kī āvaśyaktā hai

   It is important to have self-restraint under difficult circumstances.

Declension

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “दम”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “दम”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “दम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “दम”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dámas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dámas, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm. Cognate with Latin domus (whence English dome), Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos), Old Church Slavonic домъ (domŭ), Old Armenian տուն (tun).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́.mɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɐ.mɐ/

Noun

दम • (dáma) stem, m

1. house
2. home

Declension

Etymology 2

From the verb दाम्यति (dā́myati), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame”).

Noun

दम • (dáma) stem, m

1. taming
2. self-restraint
3. self-control
4. temperance

Declension