As a Hindi name
सूम · sūm · s.m.
A miser, niggard — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 700
सूम · noun · masculine
दूध · जल · आकाश — Śabdasāgara
सूम · noun · masculine
फूल । पूष्प । (डिं॰) — Śabdasāgara
सूम · masculine
a miser, niggard
सूम
miserly, penurious
a Hindi word of Arabic origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Probably corrupted from Arabic شُؤْم (šuʔm, “bad omen”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
milk, water
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Dictionary citations
1. sūma m. (for 2. See s.v.) milk, water, L.
2. sūma m. (said to be fr. √ 2. su; for 1. sūma See p. 1241, col. 3) the sky, heaven, Uṇ. i, 144.
sūma mn. (-maḥ-maṃ) 1 Sky, heaven. 2 Milk. 3 Water. E. ṣū to bring forth, mak Uṇādi aff.
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