बुक्म

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بکم‎ (bokm), from Arabic بُكْم‎ (bukm), common plural of أَبْكَم‎ (ʔabkam).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bʊkm/

Adjective

बुक्म • (bukm) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بکم‎)

  1. (rare) dumb, mute
    Synonyms: मूक (mūk), गूँगा (gūṅgā)

Further reading
  • “بکم”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “بکم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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