حامی

Borrowed from Arabic حامٍ (ḥāmin).

حامی • (hâmi) (plural حامی‌ها, or حامیان (hâmiyân))

1. supporter, advocate, protector

   Synonyms: پارتی (pârti), طرفدار (tarafdâr)

2. sponsor, patron

   Synonyms: پشتیبان (poštibân), مدافع (modâfe'), ضامن (zâmen)

Borrowed from Arabic حَامِيّ (ḥāmiyy). By surface analysis, حام (hâm) +‎ ـی (-i).

حامی • (hâmi)

1. Hamitic

حامی • (hâmi)

1. Hamite

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦɑː.miː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: حا‧مِی

Borrowed from Classical Persian حَامِی (hāmī), borrowed from Arabic حامٍ (ḥāmin). First attested in c. 1672 as Middle Hindi حامی (ḥamy /⁠hāmī⁠/).

حامِی • (hāmī) m (Hindi spelling हामी)

1. supporter, defender, helper, ally

   Synonyms: ہِمایَتِی (himāyatī), طَرَف دار (taraf dār)

From Arabic حَامِيّ (ḥāmiyy).

حامِی • (hāmī) m (Hindi spelling हामी)

1. A person from the lineage of Hām bin Nūh
2. A group of African languages including Egyptian and the Berber languages
3. A black person

• “حامی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “حامی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.