نکما
Punjabi
editEtymology
editInherited from Prakrit णिक्कम्म (ṇikkamma) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit निष्कर्म (niṣkarma), from निस्- (nis-) + कर्म (karma).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /nɪ.kəmːäː/, /nə.kəmːäː/
- Rhymes: -äː
Adjective
editنِکَمّا • (nikammā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਿਕੱਮਾ)
- unemployed, without work
- (usually derogatory) useless, idle
Declension
editDeclension of نکما | |||||
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masculine | feminine | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
direct | نِکَمّا (nikammā) | نِکَمّے (nikamme) | نِکَمّی (nikammī) | نِکَمِّیاں (nikammiyāṉ) | |
oblique | نِکَمّے (nikamme) | نِکَمّیاں (nikammeyāṉ) | نِکَمّی (nikammī) | نِکَمِّیاں (nikammiyāṉ) |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “nikamma”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 818.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “niṣkarman”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 422
Urdu
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Punjabi نِکَمّا (nikammā). Doublet of نِکام (nikām).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nɪ.kəm.mɑː/
Adjective
editنِکَمَّہ • (nikamma) (Hindi spelling निकम्मा)
- useless, worthless; unemployed, good-for-nothing; idle; unserviceable; without work
Synonyms
edit- بے کار (be kār)
References
edit- Platts, John T. (1884) “نکما”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1149
- “نکما”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “niṣkarman”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 422
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