ज़मीर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ضمیر (zamīr), from Arabic ضَمِير (ḍamīr).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /zə.miːɾ/, [zɐ.miːɾ], /d͡ʒə.miːɾ/, [d͡ʒɐ.miːɾ]
  • Hyphenation: ज़‧मीर
  • Rhymes: -iːɾ

Noun

ज़मीर • (zamīr) m (Urdu spelling ضَمِیرْ)

  1. conscience
    Synonym: अंतःकरण (antaḥkaraṇ)
  2. (grammar, rare) personal pronoun

Declension
Declension of ज़मीर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct ज़मीर
zamīr		 ज़मीर, ज़माइर
zamīr, zamāir
oblique ज़मीर
zamīr		 ज़मीरों, ज़माइरों
zamīrõ, zamāirõ
vocative ज़मीर
zamīr		 ज़मीरो, ज़माइरो
zamīro, zamāiro

References
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “zamīr”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 359
  • “ज़मीर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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