गर्म

See also: गर्मी, गरमी, and ग्राम

Hindi

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás

Proto-Iranian *garmáh

Classical Persian گَرْم (garm)bor.

Hindi गर्म (garm)

Borrowed from Classical Persian گَرْم (garm). Doublet of घर्म (gharm) and घाम (ghām).

Cognates

Compare Assamese গৰম (gorom), Bengali গরম (gorom), Gujarati ગરમ (garam), Marathi गरम (garam), Odia ଗରମ (garama), Punjabi ਗਰਮ (garam).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡə.ɾəm/, [ɡɐ.ɾɐ̃m], /ɡəɾm/, [ɡɐɾm]

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• Rhymes: -əɾm

Adjective

गर्म • (garm) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling گرم)

1. warm; hot

   Antonym: ठंडा (ṭhaṇḍā)

   आज बाहर बहुत गर्म है। ― āj bāhar bahut garm hai. ― It's very hot outside today.

   गर्मागर्म ― garmāgarm ― piping hot; freshly made

2. active, live; fresh

   गर्म ख़बर ― garm xabar ― breaking news, fresh news

   गर्म तार ― garm tār ― live wire

3. angry, furious

Alternative forms

• गरम (garam)

Derived terms

• गर्मी (garmī, “heat, warmth”)
• गर्म करना (garm karnā, “to heat; to excite”)
• गर्म दल (garm dal, “garam dal, the extremist faction of the early Congress party of India”, literally “hot party”)