जखम

See also: ज़ख़्म, जोखिम, and जोखिमी

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زخم (zaxm). Compare Gujarati જખમ (jakham), Hindi ज़ख़्म (zaxm), Kannada ಜಖಂ (jakhaṃ), Punjabi ਜ਼ਖ਼ਮ (zaxam) / زَخم (zaxm), Bengali জখম (jokhom).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡zə.kʰəm/

Noun

जखम • (j̈akham) f

1. wound

   Synonym: बाऊ (bāū)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “जखम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “जखम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “जखम”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).