अवाम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَوَامّ‎ (ʿawāmm), the plural of عَامَّة‎ (ʿāmma) (compare आम (ām) from عَامّ‎ (ʿāmm)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ə.ʋɑːm/

Noun

अवाम • (avām) m pl (Urdu spelling عوام‎)

the public, masses
common folk
Synonym: जनता (jantā)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अवाम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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