गर्म

See also: गर्मी, गरमी, and ग्राम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گرم (garm), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-. Possibly a cognate of English warm. Compare Assamese গৰম (gorom), Bengali গরম (gorom), Gujarati ગરમ (garam), Marathi गरम (garam), Odia ଗରମ (garama), Punjabi ਗਰਮ (garam).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡə.ɾəm/, [ɡɐ.ɾɐ̃m], /ɡəɾm/, [ɡɐɾm]

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• Rhymes: -əɾm

Adjective

गर्म • (garm) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling گرم)

1. warm; hot

   Antonym: ठंडा (ṭhaṇḍā)

   आज बाहर बहुत गर्म है। ― āj bāhar bahut garm hai. ― It's very hot outside today.

   गर्मागर्म ― garmāgarm ― piping hot; freshly made

2. active, live; fresh

   गर्म ख़बर ― garm xabar ― breaking news, fresh news

   गर्म तार ― garm tār ― live wire

3. 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”)