"غلام" meaning in Urdu

See غلام in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɣʊ.lɑːm/ [Standard, Urdu]
Rhymes: -ɑːm Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian غلام (ğulām), from Arabic غُلَام (ḡulām). First attested in c. 1503 as Middle Hindi غلام (ġlam /⁠ġulām⁠/). Etymology templates: {{root|ur|ar|غ ل م}}, {{bor+|ur|fa-cls|غلام|tr=ğulām}} Borrowed from Classical Persian غلام (ğulām), {{der|ur|ar|غُلَام}} Arabic غُلَام (ḡulām), {{etydate|c|1503}} First attested in c. 1503, {{inh|ur|hi-mid|غلام|ts=ġulām}} Middle Hindi غلام (ġlam /⁠ġulām⁠/), {{ref|<span class="cited-source">“<span class="Arab ur-Arab" lang="ur">غلام”, in <cite><i class="Arab ur-Arab mention" lang="ur">اُردُو لُغَت</i> (urdū luġat)</cite> (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017</span></span>.}} Head templates: {{ur-noun|g=m|head=غُلام|pl=غُلَامَان}} غُلام • (ġulām) m (formal plural غُلَامَان (ġulāmān), Hindi spelling ग़ुलाम) Inflection templates: {{ur-decl-noun|غُلَام|ġulām|غُلَام|ġulām|غُلَام|ġulām|غُلَاموں|ġulāmõ|غُلَام|ġulām|غُلَامو|ġulāmo}} Forms: غُلام [canonical], ġulām [romanization], غُلَامَان [formal, plural], ग़ुलाम [Hindi], no-table-tags [table-tags], غُلَام [direct, singular], غُلَام [direct, plural], غُلَام [oblique, singular], غُلَاموں [oblique, plural], غُلَام [singular, vocative], غُلَامو [plural, vocative]
  1. slave
    Sense id: en-غلام-ur-noun-GDk2sBDG
  2. servant (of a more pious person) Categories (topical): Occupations Synonyms: خادِم
    Sense id: en-غلام-ur-noun-rrMh-7lU Disambiguation of Occupations: 8 26 28 31 6
  3. (archaic) boy, young man Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-غلام-ur-noun-slTeMPB7 Disambiguation of Occupations: 8 26 28 31 6 Disambiguation of People: 17 16 46 21 0 Categories (other): Urdu nouns with declension Disambiguation of Urdu nouns with declension: 11 20 37 20 12
  4. (card games) knave, jack Categories (topical): Card games, Card games, Occupations, Slavery
    Sense id: en-غلام-ur-noun-rYzmQffW Disambiguation of Card games: 2 21 12 62 2 Disambiguation of Occupations: 8 26 28 31 6 Disambiguation of Slavery: 16 27 16 38 2 Categories (other): Urdu entries with incorrect language header, Urdu terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Urdu entries with incorrect language header: 3 19 16 46 15 Disambiguation of Urdu terms with redundant transliterations: 3 13 14 60 10 Topics: card-games, games
  5. (figuratively) an obedient person Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-غلام-ur-noun-CM8TAzm8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: اِکّا (ikkā), دُکّا (dukkā), تِکّا (tikkā), چَوکا (caukā), پَن٘جا (pañjā), چَھکّا (chakkā), سَتّا (sattā), اَٹّھا (aṭṭhā), نَہْلا (nahlā), دَہْلا (dahlā), غُلام (ġulām), بیگَم (begam), بادْشاہ (bādśāh), جوکَر (jokar)
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      "word": "بادْشاہ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jokar",
      "word": "جوکَر"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "slave"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slave",
          "slave"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "servant (of a more pious person)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "pious",
          "pious#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "خادِم"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Urdu terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "boy, young man"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "young man",
          "young man"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) boy, young man"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ur:Card games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knave, jack"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ],
        [
          "knave",
          "knave"
        ],
        [
          "jack",
          "jack"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(card games) knave, jack"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an obedient person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "obedient",
          "obedient"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) an obedient person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɣʊ.lɑːm/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard",
        "Urdu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "غلام"
}

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