# दम
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d̪əm/, [d̪ɐ̃m]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -əm

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian دم (dam), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dam). Compare Bengali দম (dom), Gujarati દમ (dam). Last two senses, perhaps conflated with Sanskrit दम्भ (dámbha).

#### Noun

दम • (dam) m (Urdu spelling دم)
* breath
* puff, whiff
** breathing or blowing out; puff (as in casting a spell)
** draw, puff (as at a hookah)
* life, spirit
** vitality, vigour; ambition; mettle
    उसमें कोई दम नहीं है। ― usmẽ koī dam nahī̃ hai. ― He has no stamina.
** quality (as of material)
** efficacy (as of medicine)
* stewing over a small fire
* moment, instant
* false hope
* deceit, fraud, trickery

##### Derived terms

* दम अटकना (dam aṭaknā)
* दम आना (dam ānā)
* दम उलटना (dam ulaṭnā)
* दम करना (dam karnā)
* दम के दम (dam ke dam)
* दम के दम का (dam ke dam kā)
* दम के दम में (dam ke dam mẽ)
* दम ख़ुश्क होना (dam xuśk honā)
* दम खाना (dam khānā)
* दम खींचना (dam khī̃cnā)
* दम घुटना (dam ghuṭnā)
* दम घुटनेवाला (dam ghuṭnevālā)
* दम घोंटना (dam ghõṭnā)
* दम चढ़ना (dam caṛhnā)
* दम चुराना (dam curānā)
* दम छोड़ना (dam choṛnā)
* दम टूटना (dam ṭūṭnā)
* दम तोड़ देना (dam toṛ denā)
* दम तोड़ना (dam toṛnā)
* दम देना (dam denā)
* दम नाक में आना (dam nāk mẽ ānā)
* दम निकलना (dam nikalnā)
* दम पर आ बनना (dam par ā bannā)
* दम पर दम (dam par dam)
* दम फड़कना (dam phaṛaknā)
* दम फ़ना होना (dam fanā honā)
* दम फूँकना (dam phū̃knā)
* दम फूलना (dam phūlnā)
* दम बंद करना (dam band karnā)
* दम बंद होना (dam band honā)
* दम बढ़ाना (dam baṛhānā)
* दम बना रहे (dam banā rahe)
* दम बाँधना (dam bāndhnā)
* दम भर (dam bhar)
* दम भर में (dam bhar mẽ)
* दम भरना (dam bharnā)
* दम मारना (dam mārnā)
* दम में दम आना (dam mẽ dam ānā)
* दम में दम रहना (dam mẽ dam rahnā)
* दम में दम होना (dam mẽ dam honā)
* दम लगना (dam lagnā)
* दम लगाना (dam lagānā)
* दम लबों पर आना (dam labõ par ānā)
* दम लेकर बैठ रहना (dam lekar baiṭh rahnā)
* दम ही दम मे रखना (dam hī dam me rakhnā)
* दम होंठों पर (dam hõṭhõ par)
* दम होना (dam honā)
* दम-ख़म (dam-xam)
* दम-घोंटू (dam-ghõṭū)
* दम-चूल्हा (dam-cūlhā)
* दम-झाँसा (dam-jhā̃sā)
* दम-दमड़ी (dam-damṛī)
* दम-दिलासा (dam-dilāsā)
* दम-पट्टी (dam-paṭṭī)
* दम-बदम (dam-badam)
* दममार (dammār)
* नाक में दम करना (nāk mẽ dam karnā)
* नाक में दम होना (nāk mẽ dam honā)
* हर दम (har dam)

##### Related terms

* दम-बदम (dam-badam)
* दमबाज़ (dambāz)
* दमबाज़ी (dambāzī)
* दमसाज़ (damsāz)
* ब-दम (ba-dam)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian دم (dam), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.

#### Noun

दम • (dam) m (Urdu spelling دم)
* sharp edge of a blade

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian دم (dam), from Arabic دَم (dam). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew דָּם (dɔm), Akkadian 𒁁 (dāmum).

#### Noun

दम • (dam) m (Urdu spelling دم)
* blood

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Sanskrit दम (dama), From the verb दाम्यति (dā́myati), Proto-Indo-Aryan *dā́myati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dā́myati, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δάμνημι (dámnēmi), Latin domō, English tame.

#### Noun

दम • (dam) m (Urdu spelling دم)
* taming, subduing
* self-control, self-restraint
    छुरी तले दम लेने की आवश्यकता हैchurī tale dam lene kī āvaśyaktā haiIt is important to have self-restraint under difficult circumstances.

##### Declension
### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “दम”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “दम”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “दम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “दम”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* দম (Assamese script)
* ᬤᬫ (Balinese script)
* দম (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑀫 (Brahmi script)
* ဒမ (Burmese script)
* દમ (Gujarati script)
* ਦਮ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑌮 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦩ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂧 (Kaithi script)
* ದಮ (Kannada script)
* ទម (Khmer script)
* ທມ (Lao script)
* ദമ (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘦 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠠᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑐩 (Newa script)
* ଦମ (Odia script)
* ꢣꢪ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆩 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖦 (Siddham script)
* දම (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩴 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚢 (Takri script)
* த³ம (Tamil script)
* దమ (Telugu script)
* ทม (Thai script)
* ད་མ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dámas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dámas, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm. Cognate with Latin domus (whence English dome), Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos), Old Church Slavonic домъ (domŭ), Old Armenian տուն (tun).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dɐ́.mɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈd̪ɐ.mɐ/

#### Noun

दम • (dáma) stem, m
* house
* home

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From the verb दाम्यति (dā́myati), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame”).

#### Noun

दम • (dáma) stem, m
* taming
* self-restraint
* self-control
* temperance