ख़म

Hindi

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (xam).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰəm/, /xəm/

Noun

ख़म • (xam) m

curve, bend, crookedness
Synonyms: टेढ़ापन (ṭeṛhāpan), वक्रता (vakratā)
loss, defeat
हमारे शहर की क्रिकेट टीम का ख़म हुआ।
hamāre śahar kī krikeṭ ṭīm kā xam huā.
Our city's cricket team faced defeat.

Synonym: हार (hār)

Declension

Declension of ख़म
	Singular	Plural
Direct	ख़म (xam)	ख़म (xam)
Oblique	ख़म (xam)	ख़मों (xamõ)
Vocative	ख़म (xam)	ख़मो (xamo)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ख़म”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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