گم

See also: کم and كم

Persian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Iranian *wi- (“apart”) + *maiH- (“to harm, damage, fade, decrease”). The prefix is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wí, from Proto-Indo-European *wi (“apart, away”), and the latter component is from Proto-Indo-European *meyH- (“to lessen, diminish”), from *mey- (“small, little”).[1]

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? gum
Dari reading? gum
Iranian reading? gom
Tajik reading? gum

Adjective
Dari گم
Iranian Persian
Tajik гум

گم • (gom)

  1. lost, missing, invisible

References
  1. Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گم (gum).

Pronunciation

Adjective

گُم • (gum) (Hindi spelling गुम)

  1. lost, missing
  2. absent, invisible
  3. distracted, wanting, wandering

References
  • “گم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “گم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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