रक़म

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَقْم (raqm). Compare Bengali রকম (rokom), Marathi रक्कम (rakkam), Tamil ரகம் (rakam).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾə.qəm/, [ɾɐ.qɐ̃m], /ɾə.kəm/, [ɾɐ.kɐ̃m]

Noun

रक़म • (raqam) f (Urdu spelling رقم)

amount, quantity; a sum
Synonyms: मात्रा (mātrā), तादाद (tādād)

उसको कंपनी से काफ़ी मोटी रक़म मिली है।
usko kampnī se kāfī moṭī raqam milī hai.
He has received quite a large sum from the company.
total, sum
Synonym: राशि (rāśi)
property, valuables
Synonym: संपत्ति (sampatti)

Declension

Declension of रक़म (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रक़म raqam	रक़में raqamẽ
oblique	रक़म raqam	रक़मों raqamõ
vocative	रक़म raqam	रक़मो raqamo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रक़म”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Bahri, Hardev (1989) “रक़म”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

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