हज्जाम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حجام (hajjām), from Arabic حَجَّام (ḥajjām).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦəd̪.d͡ʒɑːm/, [ɦɐd̚.d͡ʒä̃ːm]

Noun

हज्जाम • (hajjām) m (Urdu spelling حَجّام)

1. (rare) a barber

   Synonyms: नाई (nāī), नापित (nāpit), मुंड (muṇḍ), मुंडक (muṇḍak)

Declension

Declension of हज्जाम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हज्जाम hajjām	हज्जाम hajjām
oblique	हज्जाम hajjām	हज्जामों hajjāmõ
vocative	हज्जाम hajjām	हज्जामो hajjāmo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हज्जाम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हज्जाम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “हज्जाम”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.