बुक्म
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بکم (bokm), from Arabic بُكْم (bukm), common plural of أَبْكَم (ʔabkam).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bʊkm/
Adjective
बुक्म • (bukm) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بکم)
- (rare) dumb, mute
- Synonyms: मूक (mūk), गूँगा (gūṅgā)
Further reading
- “بکم”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “بکم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.