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Borrowed from Arabic قَوْم (qawm). Cognate with Bengali কওম (koōm), Gujarati કૌમ (kaum), Punjabi ਕੌਮ (kaum).
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /qɔːm/, [qɔ̃ːm], /kɔːm/, [kɔ̃ːm]
क़ौम • (qaum) f (plural अक़्वाम, Urdu spelling قوم)
- nation
- Synonyms: राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra), वतन (vatan)
- creed, race
- Synonym: जाति (jāti)
- community, religion
- Synonyms: कुल (kul), संप्रदाय (sampradāy), धर्म (dharm)
Declension of क़ौम (fem cons-stem)