दाम

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See also: दम, द्म, and दुम

Hindi

FWOTD – 6 March 2021

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀫𑁆𑀫 (damma, “coin”), from Sanskrit द्रम्म (drammá), borrowed from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of दमड़ा (damṛā) and दिरम (diram).

Noun

दाम • (dām) m (Urdu spelling دام)

  1. price, value, cost
    Synonyms: मूल्य (mūlya), क़ीमत (qīmat)
    टीवी ऊँचे या सस्ते दामों पर ख़रीदो, फ़रक़ नहीं पड़ता।
    ṭīvī ū̃ce yā saste dāmõ par xarīdo, faraq nahī̃ paṛtā.
    Buy the TV at a high or cheap price, it doesn't matter.
    • 2021 February 8, “मुंबई में महंगी हुई रसोई गैस, सीएनजी के दाम भी बढ़ें, जानें नए रेट [mumbaī mẽ mahaṅgī huī rasoī gais, sīenjī ke dām bhī baṛhẽ, jānẽ nae reṭ]”, in Zee Business‎:
      महानगर गैस (Mahanagar Gas) कंपनी ने कहा है कि उसने कोविड-19 महामारी के दौरान परिचालन, कर्मचारी और स्थाई खर्चों में इजाफे की भरपायी के लिए गैस के दाम बढ़ाए हैं.
      mahāngar gais (Mahanagar Gas) kampnī ne kahā hai ki usne koviḍ-19 mahāmārī ke daurān paricālan, karmacārī aur sthāī kharcõ mẽ ijāphe kī bharpāyī ke lie gais ke dām baṛhāe ha͠i.
      Mahanagar Gas Company said that to pay off the increase in operating costs, employee pay, and other fixed payments during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has increased the cost of gas.
  2. (in the plural) money, funds
  3. (historical) dam (obsolete Indian coin equaling one fortieth of a rupee, or during a different reign, one twenty-fifth of a paisa)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Classical Persian: دام (dām)
  • → English: dam

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀫 (dāma), from Sanskrit दामन (dāmana).

Alternative forms

Noun

दाम • (dām) m or f (Urdu spelling دام)

  1. rope, string, cord

Noun

दाम • (dām) m (Urdu spelling دام)

  1. (Braj Bhasha, Awadhi) garland

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian دام (dām). Doublet of दाम (dām).

Noun

दाम • (dām) m (Urdu spelling دام)

  1. snare, trap
    • 1797 – 1869, Ghalib :
      दाम-ए-हर-मौज में है हलक़ा-ए-सद-काम-ए-नहंग,
      देखें क्या गुज़रे है क़तरे पे गुहर होते तक
      dām-e-har-mauj mẽ hai halqā-e-sad-kām-e-nahaṅg,
      dekhẽ kyā guzre hai qatre pe guhar hote tak
      In snares of every wave there is a loop of monsters of hundred engagements,
      it is to see what befalls the drop in becoming a pearl.
Declension
Declension of दाम (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct दाम
dām 		दाम
dām
oblique दाम
dām 		दामों
dāmõ
vocative दाम
dām 		दामो
dāmo
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dramma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dā́man”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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