बुक्म

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بکم (bokm), from Arabic بُكْم (bukm), common plural of أَبْكَم (ʔabkam).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bʊkm/

Adjective

बुक्म • (bukm) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بکم)

1. (rare) dumb, mute

   Synonyms: मूक (mūk), गूँगा (gūṅgā)

Further reading

• “بکم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “بکم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.