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حمد
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See also: جمد and ح م د
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 خُلُقِهِ
- ḥamidahu ʕalā ṣanīʕihi wasumuwwi ḵuluqihi
- He 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 أَلِيمࣱ
- lā taḥsabanna llaḏīna yafraḥūna bi-mā ʔataw wayuḥibbūna ʔan yuḥmadū bi-mā lam yafʕalū fa-lā taḥsabannahum bi-mafāzatin mina l-ʕaḏābi wa-lahum ʕaḏābun ʔalīmun
- Do 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)
- 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.
Conjugation
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “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
Declension
Descendants
- → Bengali: হামদ (hamd)
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “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))
Conjugation
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “حمد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
Etymology 2
Verb
حَمِدَ • (ḥamida) I (non-past يَحْمَدُ (yaḥmadu), verbal noun حَمَد (ḥamad))
Conjugation
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “حمد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حمد (hamd), taken from Arabic حَمْد (ḥamd).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /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.
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