جوکھم

Inherited from Sanskrit योगक्षेम (yogakṣema, “the security given by possessions, wealth, etc”), from योग (yoga, “junction, work”) + क्षेम (kṣema, “basis, security”). Compare Gujarati જોખમ (jokham), Marathi जोखीम (jokhīm).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoː.kʰɪm/
• Rhymes: -ɪm

جوکھم • (jokhim) m (Hindi spelling जोखिम)

1. risk
2. hazard
3. danger
4. peril
5. jeopardy
6. a hazardous undertaking, enterprise, or business
7. (originally) insurance; secure possession (of property, etc.)
8. valuables (jewels, money, the thing risked or put to hazard, etc.)

• جوکھمی (jokhimī)

• John T. Platts (2012 August 25 (last accessed)) “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎