حامی

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Persian

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? hāmī
Dari reading? hāmī
Iranian reading? hâmi
Tajik reading? homi

Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Arabic حامٍ (ḥāmin).

    Noun

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    حامی (hâmi) (plural حامی‌ها (hâmi-hâ) or حامیان (hâmiân))

    1. supporter, advocate, protector
      Synonyms: پارتی (pârti), طرفدار (tarafdâr)
    2. sponsor, patron
      Synonyms: پشتیبان (poštibân), مدافع (modâfe'), ضامن (zâmen)

    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from Arabic حَامِيّ (ḥāmiyy). By surface analysis, حام (hâm) +‎ ـی (-i).

    Adjective

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    حامی (hâmi)

    1. Hamitic

    Noun

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    حامی (hâmi)

    1. Hamite

    Urdu

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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      Borrowed from Classical Persian حَامِی (hāmī), borrowed from Arabic حامٍ (ḥāmin). First attested in c. 1672 as Middle Hindi حامی (ḥamy /⁠hāmī⁠/).

      Noun

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      حامِی (hāmīm (Hindi spelling हामी)

      1. supporter, defender, helper, ally
        Synonyms: ہِمایَتِی (himāyatī), طَرَف دار (taraf dār)
      Declension
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          Declension of حامی
      singular plural
      direct حامی (hāmī) حامی (hāmī)
      oblique حامی (hāmī) حامِیوں (hāmiyō̃)
      vocative حامی (hāmī) حامِیو (hāmiyō)

      Etymology 2

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      From Arabic حَامِيّ (ḥāmiyy).

      Proper noun

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      حامِی (hāmīm (Hindi spelling हामी)

      1. A person from the lineage of Hām bin Nūh
      2. A group of African languages including Egyptian and the Berber languages
      3. A black person

      References

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      • حامی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
      • حامی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.