आम

See also: आंम, आमा, and आम्

Bhojpuri

Etymology

From Sanskrit आम्र (āmrá).

Noun

आम (ām) m (Kaithi 𑂄𑂧)

  1. mango

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɑːm/, [ä̃ːm]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit आम्र (āmrá).

Noun

आम • (ām) m (Urdu spelling آم)

  1. mango
Declension
Descendants
  • Pashto: ام (am)
  • Persian:

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic عَامّ (ʕāmm). Compare Bengali আম (am), Punjabi ਆਮ (ām).

Adjective

आम • (ām) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling عام)

  1. common, everyday
    आम आदमीām ādmīcommon man
  2. innocent
Alternative forms
  • आम्म (āmm)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sanskrit आम (āmá).

Adjective

आम • (ām) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling آم)

  1. raw, uncooked
  2. undigested
  3. undressed

Old Gujarati

Adverb

आम • (āma)

  1. thus

Descendants

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mós (raw, uncooked). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὠμός (ōmós, raw, crude, uncooked, undressed), Old Armenian հում (hum, raw, uncooked), Old Irish om (raw, uncooked), Persian خام (xâm, crude, raw).

Pronunciation

Adjective

आम • (āmá) stem

  1. raw, uncooked, unbaked, undressed
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.162.10:
      यदूवध्यमुदरस्यापवाति य आमस्य क्रविषो गन्धो अस्ति ।
      सुकृता तच्छमितारः कृण्वन्तूत मेधं शृतपाकं पचन्तु ॥
      yadūvadhyamudarasyāpavāti ya āmasya kraviṣo gandho asti.
      sukṛtā tacchamitāraḥ kṛṇvantūta medhaṃ śṛtapākaṃ pacantu.
      Undigested food steaming from [the horse's] belly, and any remaining odour of raw flesh,
      This let the immolators set in order and dress the sacrifice with perfect cooking.
  2. unripe, immature

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आम (āmá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative आमः
āmáḥ
आमौ / आमा¹
āmaú / āmā́¹
आमाः / आमासः¹
āmā́ḥ / āmā́saḥ¹
Vocative आम
ā́ma
आमौ / आमा¹
ā́mau / ā́mā¹
आमाः / आमासः¹
ā́māḥ / ā́māsaḥ¹
Accusative आमम्
āmám
आमौ / आमा¹
āmaú / āmā́¹
आमान्
āmā́n
Instrumental आमेन
āména
आमाभ्याम्
āmā́bhyām
आमैः / आमेभिः¹
āmaíḥ / āmébhiḥ¹
Dative आमाय
āmā́ya
आमाभ्याम्
āmā́bhyām
आमेभ्यः
āmébhyaḥ
Ablative आमात्
āmā́t
आमाभ्याम्
āmā́bhyām
आमेभ्यः
āmébhyaḥ
Genitive आमस्य
āmásya
आमयोः
āmáyoḥ
आमानाम्
āmā́nām
Locative आमे
āmé
आमयोः
āmáyoḥ
आमेषु
āméṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Feminine ā-stem declension of आमा (āmā́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative आमा
āmā́
आमे
āmé
आमाः
āmā́ḥ
Vocative आमे
ā́me
आमे
ā́me
आमाः
ā́māḥ
Accusative आमाम्
āmā́m
आमे
āmé
आमाः
āmā́ḥ
Instrumental आमया / आमा¹
āmáyā / āmā́¹
आमाभ्याम्
āmā́bhyām
आमाभिः
āmā́bhiḥ
Dative आमायै
āmā́yai
आमाभ्याम्
āmā́bhyām
आमाभ्यः
āmā́bhyaḥ
Ablative आमायाः / आमायै²
āmā́yāḥ / āmā́yai²
आमाभ्याम्
āmā́bhyām
आमाभ्यः
āmā́bhyaḥ
Genitive आमायाः / आमायै²
āmā́yāḥ / āmā́yai²
आमयोः
āmáyoḥ
आमानाम्
āmā́nām
Locative आमायाम्
āmā́yām
आमयोः
āmáyoḥ
आमासु
āmā́su
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas
Neuter a-stem declension of आम (āmá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative आमम्
āmám
आमे
āmé
आमानि / आमा¹
āmā́ni / āmā́¹
Vocative आम
ā́ma
आमे
ā́me
आमानि / आमा¹
ā́māni / ā́mā¹
Accusative आमम्
āmám
आमे
āmé
आमानि / आमा¹
āmā́ni / āmā́¹
Instrumental आमेन
āména
आमाभ्याम्
āmā́bhyām
आमैः / आमेभिः¹
āmaíḥ / āmébhiḥ¹
Dative आमाय
āmā́ya
आमाभ्याम्
āmā́bhyām
आमेभ्यः
āmébhyaḥ
Ablative आमात्
āmā́t
आमाभ्याम्
āmā́bhyām
आमेभ्यः
āmébhyaḥ
Genitive आमस्य
āmásya
आमयोः
āmáyoḥ
आमानाम्
āmā́nām
Locative आमे
āmé
आमयोः
āmáyoḥ
आमेषु
āméṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “आम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 146/1-2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 170
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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