Etymograph

English

ghoom

Ghoom comes from Hindi घूमना ‘to wander, turn’.

  1. Hindic. 1500–presentघूमनाghūmnā‘to wander, turn’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1905ghoom

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Hindic. 1500–presentघूमनाghūmnā‘to wander, turn’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1905ghoom

Earliest quotation: 1905, Alexander Inglis Robertson Glasfurd, Rifle and Romance in the Indian Jungle: “Once more we ghoomed. Turning northward this time, it…”

Every English word from Hindi घूमना

Today it means

verb To hunt for animals by stealth in an area where they are likely to be found on the move.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hindi घूमना / ghoom

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