गुम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (gum). Compare Bengali গুম (gum).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡʊm/, [ɡʊ̃m]

Adjective

गुम • (gum) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling گم)

lost, misplaced
गुम होना ― gum honā ― to be lost, to disappear

मुझसे चाबी गुम गई, क्या तुमको पता है कहाँ है?
mujhse cābī gum gaī, kyā tumko patā hai kahā̃ hai?
I have lost my keys, do you know where they are?
missing
Synonym: लापता (lāptā)

Derived terms

गुमना (gumnā)
गुमनाम (gumnām)
गुमनामी (gumnāmī)
गुमराह (gumrāh)
गुमराह करना (gumrāh karnā)
गुमराही (gumrāhī)
गुमशुदा (gumśudā)
गुमसुम (gumsum)
गुमाना (gumānā)

References

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

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