As a deity name
Name 53 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 778 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
दुर्गम · adj
जहाँ जाना कठिन हो । जहाँ जल्दी पहुँच न सके । औघट · जिसे जानना कठिन हो । जो जल्दी समझ में न आवे । दुर्ज्ञेय · कठिन । विकट । दुस्तर — Śabdasāgara
दुर्गम · noun · masculine
गढ़ । किला · विष्णु · वन — Śabdasāgara
दुर्गम
inaccessible, arduous; hard, difficult
Cited formation "दुर्गम" is दुर्- + गम: गम means "nuqtaless form of ग़म (ġam)", and the prefix दुर्- forms evil, difficult. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(11) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi दुर्गम — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit दुर्गम (durgama).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dur—gama mfn. difficult to be traversed or travelled over, impassable, inaccessible, unattainable, MBh.; Hariv.; Kāv.
dur—gama m. or n. a d˚ situation
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
difficult to be traversed or travelled over, impassable, inaccessible, unattainable
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Dictionary citations
dur—gama mfn. difficult to be traversed or travelled over, impassable, inaccessible, unattainable, MBh.; Hariv.; Kāv.
dur—gama m. or n. a d˚ situation
dur—gama m. N. of a son of Vasu-deva and Pauravī, VP.
of Dhṛta, ib., &c.
durgama mfn. (-maḥ-mā-maṃ) 1 Inaccessible, difficult of access or approach. 2 Unattainable, difficult of attainment. E. dur with pain or difficulty, gama to go, affix ap; see durga.
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