الہام

See also: إلهام and الهام

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian الهام (ilhām, inspiration), itself from Arabic إِلْهَام (ʔilhām).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪl.ɦɑːm/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑːm
  • Hyphenation: اِل‧ہام

Noun

الہام • (ilhām) m (Hindi spelling इलहाम)

  1. (religion) revelation
  2. intuition; or occurrence.

Declension

Declension of الہام
singular plural
direct الہام (ilhām) الہام (ilhām)
oblique الہام (ilhām) الہاموں (ilhāmō̃)
vocative الہام (ilhām) الہامو (ilhāmō)

Further reading

  • الہام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • الہام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “الہام”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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