# حمد
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

حَمِدَ • (ḥamida) I (non-past يَحْمَدُ (yaḥmadu), verbal noun حَمْد (ḥamd) or مَحْمَد (maḥmad) or مَحْمِد (maḥmid) or مَحْمَدَة (maḥmada) or مَحْمِدَة (maḥmida))
* to praise, to commend [with accusative ‘someone’ and عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘for something’; or with accusative ‘something’]
    Synonyms: أَثْنَى (ʔaṯnā), أَشَادَ (ʔašāda)
    Antonym: ذَمَّ (ḏamma)
    حَمِدَهُ عَلَى صَنِيعِهِ وَسُمُوِّ خُلُقِهِḥamidahu ʕalā ṣanīʕihi wasumuwwi ḵuluqihiHe praised him for his actions and his noble character.
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:188:لَا تَحۡسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفۡرَحُونَ بِمَاۤ أَتَوا۟ وَّيُحِبُّونَ أَن يُحۡمَدُوا۟ بِمَا لَمۡ يَفۡعَلُوا۟ فَلَا تَحۡسَبَنَّهُم بِمَفَازَةࣲ مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ ۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمࣱlā taḥsabanna llaḏīna yafraḥūna bi-mā ʔataw wayuḥibbūna ʔan yuḥmadū bi-mā lam yafʕalū fa-lā taḥsabannahum bi-mafāzatin mina l-ʕaḏābi wa-lahum ʕaḏābun ʔalīmunDo not think that those who joy in what they carry out and love to be praised for what they do not do will escape torment. Theirs is [indeed] an agonizing torment.
** to praise or exalt (a deity)
    Synonyms: سَبَّحَ (sabbaḥa, “to praise”), مَجَّدَ (majjada, “to glorify”), عَظَّمَ (ʕaẓẓama, “to exalt, to magnify”)
    حَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ― ḥamida llāha waʔaṯnā ʕalayhi ― He exalted and praised Allah.
** to praise (someone) as a sign of gratitude; to thank
    Synonym: شَكَرَ (šakara)
** to find (something or someone) pleasant or agreeable; to approve; to admire
    Synonym: رَضِيَ (raḍiya)
    حَمِدَ فِعْلَهُ وَمَذْهَبَهُ ― ḥamida fiʕlahu wamaḏhabahu ― He approved of his deeds and beliefs.

##### References

* Lane, Edward William (1863) “حمد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate

#### Noun

حَمْد • (ḥamd) m
* verbal noun of حَمِدَ (ḥamida) (form I)
* praise, eulogy, commendation
    الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ ― al-ḥamdu li-llāhi ― praise be to God
* kindness, favor, grace
* reward, thanks

##### Descendants

* → Bengali: হামদ (hamd)

##### References

* Lane, Edward William (1863) “حمد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حمد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

#### Noun

حَمَد • (ḥamad) m
* verbal noun of حَمِدَ (ḥamida) (form I)

##### Declension
#### Verb

حَمَّدَ • (ḥammada) II (non-past يُحَمِّدُ (yuḥammidu), verbal noun تَحْمِيد (taḥmīd))
* to praise highly or much, to extol, to exalt
    Synonym: مَدَّحَ (maddaḥa)
    Antonyms: أَنْكَرَ (ʔankara), عَابَ (ʕāba), ذَمَّمَ (ḏammama), شَنَّعَ (šannaʕa)

##### References

* Lane, Edward William (1863) “حمد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

حَمِدَ • (ḥamida) I (non-past يَحْمَدُ (yaḥmadu), verbal noun حَمَد (ḥamad))
* (rare, obsolete) to be angry [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘with someone’]
    Synonyms: غَضِبَ (ḡaḍiba), سَخِطَ (saḵiṭa), ضَمِدَ (ḍamida)

##### References

* Lane, Edward William (1863) “حمد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حمد (hamd), taken from Arabic حَمْد (ḥamd).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɦəmd̪/
* Rhymes: -əmd̪

### Noun

حَمْد • (ḥamd) f (Hindi spelling हम्द)
* praise (of God)
* hymn
** 1984, میرے آقا [mere āqā, My Lord], page 9:حمد اور نعت لکھنا ہماری شاعری کی ایک ممتاز اور اہم روایت ہے۔hamd aur na'at likhnā hamārī śā'irī kī ek mumtāz aur aham rivāyat hai.The composition of hymns and naats is a prominent and important tradition, part of our poetry.
* (rare) eulogy, commendation

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “حمد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “حمد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “حمد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.