आदमी

See also: आदम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (âdami), from Arabic آدَمِيّ‎ (ʔādamiyy, “human”), from آدَم‎ (ʔādam, “Adam”),

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑːd̪.miː/, [äːd̪.miː]
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Noun

आदमी • (ādmī) m (Urdu spelling آدمی‎)

human being, person
आदमी बहुत स्वार्थी प्राणी है।
ādmī bahut svārthī prāṇī hai.
Man is a selfish being.

Synonyms: इंसान (insān), (formal) मनुष्य (manuṣya)

Antonyms: जानवर (jānvar), पशु (paśu)
man, male
क्या वह आदमी है या औरत? ― kyā vah ādmī hai yā aurat? ― Is he a man or a woman?

Synonyms: पुरुष (puruṣ), नर (nar), मर्द (mard)

Antonyms: औरत (aurat), स्त्री (strī), नारी (nārī), महिला (mahilā)

Declension

Declension of आदमी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आदमी ādmī	आदमी ādmī
oblique	आदमी ādmī	आदमियों ādmiyõ
vocative	आदमी ādmī	आदमियो ādmiyo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “आदमी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884), “आदमी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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