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हम¹

  • /ɦəm/ Hindi, Standard
  • [ɦɐ̃m] Hindi, Standard

Where it comes from

Inherited from Old Hindi हम (hama), हंम (haṃma), from Apabhramsa अम्हे (amhe), from Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe), from Ashokan Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit अस्मे (asme) (locative of वयम् (vayam, “we”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *asmáy, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé. Compare Punjabi ਅਸੀਂ (asī̃), Assamese আমি (ami), Bengali আমি (ami), Marathi आम्ही (āmhī), Konkani आमि (āmi), Bhojpuri 𑂯𑂧 (ham).More distantly related to English us

pronoun ham · ہم · हम · हमने · हमारा

  1. feminine, masculine we: first-person plural personal pronoun, plural of मैं (ma͠i) हम बहुत पहले से एक-दूसरे को जानते हैं।
  2. colloquial, feminine, masculine, in Standard Hindi I: first-person personal singular personal pronoun

    Similar: मैं

हम²

  • /ɦəm/ Hindi, Standard
  • [ɦɐ̃m] Hindi, Standard

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Classical Persian هم, from Middle Persian hm, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎶 (h-m), from Proto-Iranian *hamHáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *samHás, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós. Doublet of सम (sam), a Sanskrit borrowing. Cognate of English same.

adverb ham · ہم

  1. rare also, as well, likewise

conjunction ham · ہم

  1. rare whether, either

In English

  • too (focus) likewise
  • we generic we (the speaker and at least one other person, regardless of whether it'
  • ham thigh of a hog cured for food
  • I personal pronoun

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"हम." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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हम. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE

Chicago

"हम." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {हम},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}