इनाम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian انعام (in'ām, “reward, bonus, gratuity”), from Arabic إِنْعَام (ʔinʕām).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɪ.nɑːm/, [ɪ.nä̃ːm]
  • Hyphenation: इ‧नाम
  • Rhymes: -ɑːm

Noun

इनाम • (inām) m (Urdu spelling اِنْعَامْ)

  1. reward
    इनाम देना ― inām denā ― to reward
  2. 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)
singular plural
direct इनाम
inām		 इनाम, इनामात
inām, ināmāt
oblique इनाम
inām		 इनामों, इनामातों
ināmõ, ināmātõ
vocative इनाम
inām		 इनामो, इनामातो
ināmo, ināmāto

Derived terms
  • इनाम-इकराम (inām-ikrām)
  • इनामदार (ināmdār)

Descendants
  • → Telugu: ఇనాము (ināmu), ఇనాం (ināṁ)

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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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