Rekhta Dictionary — अभिमान (abhimaan), Hindi/Urdu entry

• Author: unauthored (Rekhta Foundation's Hindi/Urdu dictionary)
• Publication: Rekhta Dictionary (rekhtadictionary.com)
• Date: undated (dictionary entry, no publication date given)
• URL: https://www.rekhtadictionary.com/meaning-of-abhimaan
• Type: primary (a Hindi/Urdu dictionary entry, trilingual English/Hindi/Urdu) — neutral, lexicographic
• Accessed: 2026-09-06

Extract

• English meanings given: "pride, respect" and "arrogance, self-conceit, haughtiness, vanity."
• Hindi meanings given: घमंड (pride), ग़रूर (arrogance), तकब्बुर, प्रतिष्ठा (prestige), स्वाभिमान (self-respect).
• Urdu meanings given (Nastaliq/transliterated): گھمنڈ (pride), غرور (arrogance), تکبر, خود داری (self-respect).
• Compound/verb forms given (e.g. "abhimaan galaanaa," "abhimaan miTaanaa") gloss as "to humble," "to humiliate" — reducing someone's pride, not addressing or soothing hurt feelings.
• No sense of sulking, hurt feelings toward a loved one, or grievance appears anywhere in the entry — the definitions stay entirely within the pride/arrogance/self-respect/dignity range, across all three languages the entry covers (Hindi, Urdu, and its English glosses).

Gaps

• A single dictionary's coverage; corroborated independently by Hindwi Dictionary and HinKhoj, both showing the same pride-only pattern.

Used in

• Abhiman