आदमी
See also: आदम
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian آدمی (âdami), from Arabic آدَمِيّ (ʔādamiyy, “human”), from آدَم (ʔādam, “Adam”),
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɑːd̪.miː/, [äːd̪.miː]
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Noun
आदमी • (ādmī) m (Urdu spelling آدمی)
- human being, person
- आदमी बहुत स्वार्थी प्राणी है।
- ādmī bahut svārthī prāṇī hai.
- Man is a selfish being.
- Synonyms: इंसान (insān), (formal) मनुष्य (manuṣya)
- Antonyms: जानवर (jānvar), पशु (paśu)
- man, male
- क्या वह आदमी है या औरत? ― kyā vah ādmī hai yā aurat? ― Is he a man or a woman?
- Synonyms: पुरुष (puruṣ), नर (nar), मर्द (mard)
- Antonyms: औरत (aurat), स्त्री (strī), नारी (nārī), महिला (mahilā)
Declension
Declension of आदमी (masc ī-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | आदमी ādmī | आदमी ādmī |
| oblique | आदमी ādmī | आदमियों ādmiyõ |
| vocative | आदमी ādmī | आदमियो ādmiyo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “आदमी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884), “आदमी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.