दम
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दम¹
- /d̪əm/ Hindi, Standard
- [d̪ɐ̃m] Hindi, Standard
Rhymes with -əm
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Classical Persian دم, from Middle Persian [Term?]. Compare Bengali দম (dom), Gujarati દમ (dam).
Last two senses, perhaps conflated with Sanskrit दम्भ (dambha).
noun dam · دم · दम · दमों
- breath
- breathing or blowing out; puff (as in casting a spell)
- draw, puff (as at a hookah)
- vitality, vigour; ambition; mettle उसमें कोई दम नहीं है।
- quality (as of material)
- efficacy (as of medicine)
- stewing over a small fire
- moment, instant
- false hope
- deceit, fraud, trickery
दम²
- /d̪əm/ Hindi, Standard
- [d̪ɐ̃m] Hindi, Standard
Rhymes with -əm
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Classical Persian دم, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.
noun dam · دم
- sharp edge of a blade
दम³
- /d̪əm/ Hindi, Standard
- [d̪ɐ̃m] Hindi, Standard
Rhymes with -əm
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Classical Persian دم, from Arabic دَم (dam). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew דָּם, Akkadian 𒁁 (dāmum).
noun dam · دم · दम · दमों
- blood
दम⁴
- /d̪əm/ Hindi, Standard
- [d̪ɐ̃m] Hindi, Standard
Rhymes with -əm
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Sanskrit दम (dama), From the verb दाम्यति (dāmyati), Proto-Indo-Aryan *dā́myati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dā́myati, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δάμνημι (dámnēmi), Latin domō, English tame.
noun dam · دم · दम · दमों
- taming, subduing
- self-control, self-restraint छुरी तले दम लेने की आवश्यकता है
In English
Talk about this word "दम." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%AE. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. दम. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%AE "दम." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%AE.Cite this
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