انعام

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic إِنْعَام (ʔinʕām).

Noun

انعام • (in`āmm

  1. favor, grace
  2. recompense, reward

Persian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic إِنْعَام (ʔinʕām), from أَنْعَمَ (ʔanʕama).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? in'ām
    Dari reading? in'ām
    Iranian reading? en'âm
    Tajik reading? in'om

    Noun

    Dari انعام
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik инъом

    انعام • (en'âm)

    1. gratuity
    2. bonus
    3. prize

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Classical Persian اِنْعَام (in'ām, reward, bonus, gratuity), borrowed from Arabic إِنْعَام (ʔinʕām), from أَنْعَمَ (ʔanʕama).

      Pronunciation

      • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪn.ʔɑːm/, [ɪ.nɑːm]
      • Rhymes: -ɑːm
      • Hyphenation: اِن‧عام

      Noun

      اِنْعَام • (in'āmm (formal plural اِنْعَامَات (in'āmāt), Hindi spelling इनाम)

      1. reward
      2. prize

      Declension

      Declension of انعام
      singular plural
      direct اِنْعَام (in'ām) اِنْعَام (in'ām)
      oblique اِنْعَام (in'ām) اِنْعَاموں (in'āmõ)
      vocative اِنْعَام (in'ām) اِنْعَامو (in'āmo)

      Further reading

      • انعام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
      • انعام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
      • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “انعام”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]