हजाम

Nepali

Alternative forms

• हजम (hajam)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَجَّام (ḥajjām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦʌ(d)zäm]
• Phonetic Devanagari: हजाम्

Noun

हजाम • (hajām) m

1. a barber

   Synonyms: नाऊ (nāū), नाउ (nāu), नापित (nāpit)

Declension

Declension of हजाम
	Singular	Plural
nominative	हजाम [ɦʌ(d)zäm]	हजामहरू [ɦʌ(d)zämɦʌɾu]
accusative	हजामलाई [ɦʌ(d)zämläi]	हजामहरूलाई [ɦʌ(d)zämɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	हजामले [ɦʌ(d)zämle]	हजामहरूले [ɦʌ(d)zämɦʌɾule]
dative	हजामलाई [ɦʌ(d)zämläi]	हजामहरूलाई [ɦʌ(d)zämɦʌɾuläi]
ablative	हजामबाट [ɦʌ(d)zämmoʈʌ]	हजामहरूबाट [ɦʌ(d)zämɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	हजामको [ɦʌ(d)zämko]	हजामहरूको [ɦʌ(d)zämɦʌɾuko]
locative	हजाममा [ɦʌ(d)zämmä]	हजामहरूमा [ɦʌ(d)zämɦʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “हजाम”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar