ग़नीमत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (ğanimat), from Arabic غَنِيمَة (ḡanīma).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɣə.niː.mət̪/, [ɣɐ.niː.mɐt̪], /ɡə.niː.mət̪/, [ɡɐ.niː.mɐt̪]

Noun

ग़नीमत • (ġanīmat) f (Urdu spelling غَنیمَت)

loot, booty
good luck, good fortune
Synonyms: कल्याण (kalyāṇ), ख़ुशक़िस्मती (xuśqismatī), सौभाग्य (saubhāgya)

Declension

Declension of ग़नीमत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ग़नीमत ġanīmat	ग़नीमतें ġanīmatẽ
oblique	ग़नीमत ġanīmat	ग़नीमतों ġanīmatõ
vocative	ग़नीमत ġanīmat	ग़नीमतो ġanīmato

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ग़नीमत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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