Urdu

Noun

جوکھم • ‎(jokhim) m ‎(Hindi spelling जोखिम)

1. risk
2. hazard
3. danger
4. peril
5. jeopardy
6. a hazardous undertaking, enterprise, or business
7. (originally) insurance; secure possession (of property, etc.)
8. valuables (jewels, money, the thing risked or put to hazard, etc.)

Derived terms

• جوکھمی ‎(jokhimī)

References

• John T. Platts (accessed 08-25-2012), “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the title of the work)