गर्म
See also: गर्मी, गरमी, and ग्राम
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian گرم (garm), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-. Compare Bengali গরম (gôrômô), Gujarati ગરમ (garam), Marathi गरम (garam), Assamese গৰম (gorom).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡə.ɾəm/, [ɡə.ɾə̃m], /ɡəɾm/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -əɾm
Adjective
गर्म • (garm) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling گرم)
- warm; hot
- आज बाहर बहुत गर्म है। ― āj bāhar bahut garm hai. ― It's very hot outside today.
- गर्मागर्म ― garmāgarm ― piping hot; freshly made
- Antonym: ठंडा (ṭhaṇḍā)
- active, live; fresh
- गर्म ख़बर ― garm xabar ― breaking news, fresh news
- गर्म तार ― garm tār ― live wire
- angry, furious
Alternative forms
- गरम (garam)
Derived terms
- गर्मी (garmī, “heat, warmth”)
- गर्म करना (garm karnā, “to heat; to excite”)
- गर्म दल (garm dal, “garam dal, the extremist faction of the early Congress party of India”, literally “hot party”)