انعام

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic إِنْعَام (ʔinʕām).

Noun

انعام • (in`ām) m

1. favor, grace
2. recompense, reward

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْعَام (ʔinʕām).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔin.ˈʔɑːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn.ʔɑ́ːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn.ʔɑ́ːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.nɑ́ːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.nɔ́ːm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔen.ʔɒ́ːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔin.ʔɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading?	in'ām
Dari reading?	in'ām
Iranian reading?	en'âm
Tajik reading?	inʾom

Noun

Dari	انعام
Iranian Persian
Tajik	инъом

انعام • (en'âm)

1. gratuity
2. bonus
3. prize

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِنْعَام (in'ām, “reward, bonus, gratuity”), from Arabic إِنْعَام (ʔinʕām).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪn.ʔɑːm/, [ɪ.nɑːm]
• Rhymes: -ɑːm
• Hyphenation: اِن‧عام

Noun

اِنْعَام • (in'ām) m (formal plural اِنْعَامَات (in'āmāt), Hindi spelling इनाम)

1. reward
2. prize

Declension

Declension of انعام

	singular	plural
direct	اِنْعَام (in'ām)	اِنْعَام (in'ām)
oblique	اِنْعَام (in'ām)	اِنْعَاموں (in'āmõ)
vocative	اِنْعَام (in'ām)	اِنْعَامو (in'āmo)

Further reading

• “انعام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “انعام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “انعام”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]