محمدی

ur-noun

مُحَمَّدی • (muhammadī) m (Hindi spelling मुहम्मदी)

(Christianity, potentially derogatory, dated today) a Muslim, Mohammedan.

potentially derogatory; dated today; potentially derogatory; dated today


سنگم

سَن٘گَم • (saṅgam) m (Hindi spelling संगम)

سَن٘گَم (canonical)
saṅgam (romanization)
संगम (Hindi)
سنگم (direct singular)
سنگم (direct plural)
سنگم (oblique singular)
سنگموں (oblique plural)
سنگم (singular vocative)
سنگمو (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संगम (saṃgama).

lbor

(Hinduism) the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna at Allahabad


یزیدیت

ur-noun

یَزِیدِیَت • (yazīdiyat) f (Hindi spelling यज़ीदियत)

یَزِیدِیَت (canonical)
yazīdiyat (romanization)
यज़ीदियत (Hindi)

→ English: yazidiat, yazidiyat

یَ‧زِی‧دِ‧یَت

From یزید (yazīd) + ـیت (-iyat). Named after یزید بن معاویہ (Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiya), the killer of Imam Hussain at Karbala.

lang

یزید بن معاویہ

یزید بن معاویہ

named-after

یزید بن معاویہ

(Shia Islam, loosely) the Death of Imam Hussain (or generally the Battle of Karbala)


لیلی

ur-prop

لَیلیٰ • (lailā) f (Hindi spelling लैला)

لَیلیٰ (canonical)
lailā (romanization)
लैला (Hindi)

Etymology tree
Proto-Semitic *laylay-
Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā)bor.
Classical Persian لَیلیٰ (laylā)bor.
Urdu لَیلیٰ (lailā)
Borrowed from Classical Persian لَیلیٰ (laylā), from Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi لیلیٰ (lyly /lailā/).

etymon

لَیلیٰ

ref

“لیلی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

a female given name, Layla or Laila, equivalent to English Leila

(fiction) Layla al-Aamiriya (the heroine of the romance Layla and Majnun.)


دیوار گریہ

ur-proper noun

دِیْوَارِ گِرْیَہ

दीवार-ए-गिर्या

دِیْوَارِ گِرْیَہ • (diyvār-i girya) m (Hindi spelling दीवार-ए-गिर्या)

دِیْوَارِ گِرْیَہ (canonical)
diyvār-i girya (romanization)
दीवार-ए-गिर्या (Hindi)

/d̪iː.ʋɑːɾ.eː ɡɪɾ.jɑ(ː)/

/d̪iː.ʋɑːɾ.eː ɡɪ.ɾɪ.jɑ(ː)/

Calque of English Wailing Wall. From دِیْوَار (dīvār, “wall”) + ِ (i, “izafat construction, of”) + گِرْیَہ (girya, “weeping”).


میٹھی عید

ur-noun

میٹھی عید • (mīṭhī-īd) f

From میٹھی (mīṭhī, “sweet”) + عید (īd, “Eid”), literally “sweet Eid, Sweet Festival”.


رشتہ

ur-noun

رِشْتَہ • (riśta) m (Hindi spelling रिश्ता)

رِشْتَہ (canonical)
riśta (romanization)
रिश्ता (Hindi)
رِشْتَہ (direct singular)
رِشْتے (direct plural)
رِشْتے (oblique singular)
رِشْتوں (oblique plural)
رِشْتے (singular vocative)
رِشْتو (plural vocative)

/ɾɪʃ.t̪ɑ(ː)/

Borrowed from Classical Persian رشته (rišta, “thread”).


سپارہ

ur-noun

سِپارَہ • (sipāra) m (Hindi spelling सिपारा)

سِپارَہ (canonical)
sipāra (romanization)
सिपारा (Hindi)
سِپارَہ (direct singular)
سِپارے (direct plural)
سِپارے (oblique singular)
سِپاروں (oblique plural)
سِپارے (singular vocative)
سِپارو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian سپاره (sipāra), a compound of سی (sī, “thirty”) + پاره (pāra, “piece; part; portion”). First attested as Middle Hindi سپارہ (sipāra) in 1421 A.D.

com

(Islam) [one juz of or wholly] thirty ajza of the Qur'an – the Qur'an.


رشی

رِشی (canonical)
riśī (romanization)
ऋषि (Hindi)

Borrowed from Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš (“seer”).

a male given name, Rishi, of Hindu usage


بہادری

ur-noun

بَہادُری • (bahādurī) f (Hindi spelling बहादुरी)

بَہادُری (canonical)
bahādurī (romanization)
बहादुरी (Hindi)
بَہادُری (direct singular)
بَہادُرِیاں (direct plural)
بَہادُری (oblique singular)
بَہادُرِیوں (oblique plural)
بَہادُری (singular vocative)
بَہادُرِیو (plural vocative)

/bə.ɦɑː.d̪ʊ.ɾiː/

/bə.ɦɑː.d̪ə.ɾiː/

From بَہادُر (bahādur, “brave”) + ـی (-ī).


مربی

مُرَبّی • (murabbī) m (formal plural مُرَبّیان (murabbyān), Hindi spelling मुरब्बी)

مُرَبّی (canonical)
murabbī (romanization)
مُرَبّیان (formal plural)
मुरब्बी (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic مُرَبٍّ (murabbin).

(Ahmadiyya) an Ahmadi imam or missionary


نا آہنگی

نا آہَن٘گی • (nā āhaṅgī) f (Hindi spelling नाआहंगी)

نا آہَن٘گی (canonical)
nā āhaṅgī (romanization)
नाआहंगी (Hindi)
نا آہَن٘گی (direct singular)
نا آہَن٘گِیاں (direct plural)
نا آہَن٘گی (oblique singular)
نا آہَن٘گِیوں (oblique plural)
نا آہَن٘گی (singular vocative)
نا آہَن٘گِیو (plural vocative)

ur-decl-noun

نا آہَن٘گِیاں

نا آہَن٘گِیوں

نا آہَن٘گِیو

/nɑː.ɑː.ɦəŋ.ɡiː/

نا‧آ‧ہَن٘‧گی

From ناـ (nā-, “un-; not”) + آہنگی (āhaṉgī, “melody; modulation”).

prefix

محبت میں نا آہنگی سے بدتر کوئی اور چیز نہیں ہو سکتی۔

There can be nothing worse than dissonance in love.

maḥabbat meṉ nā āhaṉgī se badtar ko'ī aur cīz nahīṉ ho saktī.


جہیز

ur-noun

جَہیز • (jahez) m (Hindi spelling जहेज़)

جَہیز (canonical)
jahez (romanization)
जहेज़ (Hindi)
جَہیز (direct singular)
جَہیز (direct plural)
جَہیز (oblique singular)
جَہیزوں (oblique plural)
جَہیز (singular vocative)
جَہیزو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian جَهیز (jahēz).


افطاری

ur-noun

اِفْطاری • (iftārī) m (Hindi spelling इफ़्तारी)

اِفْطاری (canonical)
iftārī (romanization)
इफ़्तारी (Hindi)
اِفْطاری (direct singular)
اِفْطارِیاں (direct plural)
اِفْطاری (oblique singular)
اِفْطارِیوں (oblique plural)
اِفْطاری (singular vocative)
اِفْطارِیو (plural vocative)

af

اِفطار (iftār) + ـی (-ī)


لجنہ

ur-noun

لَجَنَہ or لَجْنَہ • (lajana or lajna) f (formal plural لجنات, Hindi spelling लजना or लज्ना)

لَجَنَہ (canonical)
لَجْنَہ (canonical)
lajana (romanization)
lajna (romanization)
لجنات (formal plural)
लजना (Hindi)
लज्ना (Hindi)
لَجْنَہ (direct singular)
لَجْنائیں (direct plural)
لَجْنَہ (oblique singular)
لَجْناؤں (oblique plural)
لَجْنَہ (singular vocative)
لَجْناؤ (plural vocative)

(Ahmadiyya) an Ahmadi woman (also plural)


بینک

بَینْک • (baiṅk) m (Hindi spelling बैंक)

بَینْک (canonical)
baiṅk (romanization)
बैंक (Hindi)
بَینْک (direct singular)
بَینْک (direct plural)
بَینْک (oblique singular)
بَینْکوں (oblique plural)
بَینْک (singular vocative)
بَینْکو (plural vocative)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.
Proto-Germanic *bankiz
Proto-West Germanic *banki
Lombardic bankbor.
Italian bancabor.
Middle French banqueder.
English bankbor.
Urdu بینک
Borrowed from English bank.


فدیہ

ur-noun

فِدْیَہ • (fidya) m (Hindi spelling फ़िदया)

فِدْیَہ (canonical)
fidya (romanization)
फ़िदया (Hindi)
فِدْیَہ (direct singular)
فِدْیے (direct plural)
فِدْیے (oblique singular)
فِدْیوں (oblique plural)
فِدْیے (singular vocative)
فِدْیو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian فدیه (fidya), from Arabic فِدْيَة (fidya).


جائے ضرور

ur-noun

جائے ضَرُور • (jā-e-zarūr) m (Hindi spelling जा-ऐ-ज़रूर)

جائے ضَرُور (canonical)
jā-e-zarūr (romanization)
जा-ऐ-ज़रूर (Hindi)

جاء (jā', “place”) + ۓ (-ye) + ضَرُور (zarūr, “necessary”).


وسمہ

ur-noun

وَسْمَہ • (vasma) m (Hindi spelling वस्मा)

وَسْمَہ (canonical)
vasma (romanization)
वस्मा (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian وسمه (wasma), from Arabic وَسْمَة (wasma).

bor+

woad, indigo (dye), historically used as an eyebrow dye in Iran, Azerbaijan and South Asia


درگاہ

ur-noun

دَرْگاہ • (dargāh) f (Hindi spelling दरगाह)

دَرْگاہ (canonical)
dargāh (romanization)
दरगाह (Hindi)

→ English: dargah

→ Tamil: தர்கா (tarkā)

Borrowed from Classical Persian درگاه (dargāh). Compare Gujarati દરગાહ (dargāh).


علیہ الصلاۃ والسلام

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علیہ الصلاۃ والسلام • (alaihi s-salātu va-s-salām)

alaihi s-salātu va-s-salām (romanization)

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَيْهِ ٱلصَّلَاةُ وَٱلسَّلَامُ (ʕalayhi ṣ-ṣalātu was-salāmu).

bor+

عَلَيْهِ ٱلصَّلَاةُ وَٱلسَّلَامُ


سنیچر

ur-proper noun

سَنِیچَر • (sanīcar) m (Hindi spelling सनीचर)

سَنِیچَر (canonical)
sanīcar (romanization)
सनीचर (Hindi)

First attested in c. 1695 as Middle Hindi سنیچر (sanīcar)ِ, inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀡𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀭 (saṇiccara), likely from Sanskrit *शनैश्चर (śanaiścara), from शनि (śani) + चर (cara). Cognate with Punjabi چَھنِچَّھر (chanicchar) / ਛਨਿੱਛਰ (chanicchar) and Sindhi ڇَنْڇَرُ (chancharu).


آرام گاہ

ur-noun

آرام گاہ • (ārām gāh) f

Borrowed from Classical Persian آرامگاه (ârâmgâh). Equivalent to آرام (ārām, “rest; repose”) + گاہ (gāh, “place; hall”).

af

bedchamber; bedroom, place of rest, resthouse


ردیف

ur-noun

رَدِیف • (radīf) f (Hindi spelling रदीफ़)

رَدِیف (canonical)
radīf (romanization)
रदीफ़ (Hindi)


گٹار

گِٹار • (giṭār) m (Hindi spelling गिटार)

گِٹار (canonical)
giṭār (romanization)
गिटार (Hindi)
گِٹار (direct singular)
گِٹار (direct plural)
گِٹار (oblique singular)
گِٹاروں (oblique plural)
گِٹار (singular vocative)
گِٹارو (plural vocative)


آیت اللہ

آیَتُ اْللّٰہ

آیَتُ اْللّٰہ • (āyatu llāh) m (Hindi spelling आयतुल्लाह)

آیَتُ اْللّٰہ (canonical)
āyatu llāh (romanization)
आयतुल्लाह (Hindi)
آیَتُ اْللّٰہ (direct singular)
آیَتُ اْللّٰہ (direct plural)
آیَتُ اْللّٰہ (oblique singular)
آیَتُ اْللّٰہوں (oblique plural)
آیَتُ اْللّٰہ (singular vocative)
آیَتُ اْللّٰہو (plural vocative)

ur-decl-noun

آیَتُ اْللّٰہ

آیَتُ اْللّٰہ

آیَتُ اْللّٰہ

آیَتُ اْللّٰہوں

آیَتُ اْللّٰہ

آیَتُ اْللّٰہو

Borrowed from Classical Persian آیَتُاللّٰه (āyatu-l-lāh).


عبادت گاہ

ur-noun

عِبادَت گاہ • ('ibādat gāh) f (Hindi spelling इबादत गाह)

عِبادَت گاہ (canonical)
'ibādat gāh (romanization)
इबादत गाह (Hindi)
عِبادَت گاہ (direct singular)
عِبادَت گاہیں (direct plural)
عِبادَت گاہ (oblique singular)
عِبادَت گاہوں (oblique plural)
عِبادَت گاہ (singular vocative)
عِبادَت گاہو (plural vocative)

ur-decl-noun

عِبادَت گاہیں

عِبادَت گاہوں

عِبادَت گاہو

/(ʔ)ɪ.bɑː.d̪ət̪ ɡɑːɦ/

عِ‧با‧دَت‧گاہ

Borrowed from Classical Persian عِبَادَتْگَاه (ibādatgāh). By surface analysis, عِبادَت ('ibādat, “worship”) + گاہ (gāh, “place, centre”).

bor+

عِبَادَتْگَاه


رخصتی

ur-noun

رُخْصَتی • (ruxsatī) f (Hindi spelling रुख़्सती)

رُخْصَتی (canonical)
ruxsatī (romanization)
रुख़्सती (Hindi)
رخصتی (direct singular)
رخصتِیاں (direct plural)
رخصتی (oblique singular)
رخصتِیوں (oblique plural)
رخصتی (singular vocative)
رخصتِیو (plural vocative)

From رُخْصَت (ruxsat, “leave; permission”) + ـی (-ī).

suffix

money or present given to someone prior to their departure

(Marriage) a wedding ceremony in which the bride is sent away to her husband's home, as the final ceremony


کنیسہ

ur-noun

کَنِیسَہ • (kanīsa) m (Hindi spelling कनीसा)

کَنِیسَہ (canonical)
kanīsa (romanization)
कनीसा (Hindi)


پیش گوئی

پیشْ گوئِی • (peś goī) f (Hindi spelling पेशगोई)

پیشْ گوئِی (canonical)
peś goī (romanization)
पेशगोई (Hindi)
پیشگوئی (direct singular)
پیشگوئِیاں (direct plural)
پیشگوئی (oblique singular)
پیشگوئِیوں (oblique plural)
پیشگوئی (singular vocative)
پیشگوئِیو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian پیشگویِی (pēš-gōyī).


جیسس کرائسٹ

ur-proper noun

जीसस किराइस्ट

جِیسَس کِرائِسْٹ

جِیسَس کِرائِسْٹ • (jīsas kirāisṭ) m (Hindi spelling जीसस किराइस्ट)

جِیسَس کِرائِسْٹ (canonical)
jīsas kirāisṭ (romanization)
जीसस किराइस्ट (Hindi)

(Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism) Jesus Christ


اکھاڑا

ur-noun

اَکھاڑَا • (akhāṛā) m (Hindi spelling अखाड़ा)

اَکھاڑَا (canonical)
akhāṛā (romanization)
अखाड़ा (Hindi)
اَکھاڑَا (direct singular)
اَکھاڑَے (direct plural)
اَکھاڑَے (oblique singular)
اَکھاڑَوں (oblique plural)
اَکھاڑَے (singular vocative)
اَکھاڑَو (plural vocative)

/ə.kʰɑː.ɽɑː/

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit अक्षवाट (akṣavāṭa, “wrestling-ground”).


ڈرامہ

ur-noun

ڈرامہ • (ḍrāmā or ḍarāmā) m (Hindi spelling ड्रामा)

ḍrāmā (romanization)
ḍarāmā (romanization)
ड्रामा (Hindi)

/ɖɾɑː.mɑː ɖə.ɾɑː.mɑː/


خانقاہ

خانَقاہ or خانْقاہ • (xānaqāh or xānqāh) f (Hindi spelling ख़ानक़ाह or ख़ान्क़ाह)

خانَقاہ (canonical)
خانْقاہ (canonical)
xānaqāh (romanization)
xānqāh (romanization)
ख़ानक़ाह (Hindi)
ख़ान्क़ाह (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic خَانَقَاه (ḵānaqāh), from Classical Persian خانگاه (xānagāh), from خانه (xāna) + ـگاه (-gāh).


اسطورہ

ur-noun

اُسْطُورَہ • (ustūra) m (formal plural اُسطُورات (ustūrāt) or اَساطِیر (asātīr), Hindi spelling उस्तूरा)

اُسْطُورَہ (canonical)
ustūra (romanization)
اُسطُورات (formal plural)
اَساطِیر (formal plural)
उस्तूरा (Hindi)
اُسطُورَہ (direct singular)
اُسطُورے (direct plural)
اُسطُورے (oblique singular)
اُسطُوروں (oblique plural)
اُسطُورے (singular vocative)
اُسطُورو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اسطوره (ustūra) from Arabic أُسْطُورة (ʔusṭūra).

bor

Arabic أُسْطُورة (ʔusṭūra)


صنمیات

ur-noun

صنمیات • (sanamiyāt) f (Hindi spelling सनमियात)

sanamiyāt (romanization)
सनमियात (Hindi)

From صنم (sanam, “idol”) + ـیات (-iyāt).

ہندو صنمیات


ذکر الہی

ذِکْرِ اِلٰہی

ذِکْرِ اِلٰہی • (zikr-i ilāhī) ? (Hindi spelling ज़िक्र-ए-इलाही)

ذِکْرِ اِلٰہی (canonical)
zikr-i ilāhī (romanization)
ज़िक्र-ए-इलाही (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian ذِکْرِ اِلٰهِی (zikr-i ilāhī), a calque of Arabic ذِكْرِ الله (ḏikri llāh). By surface analysis, ذِکْر (zikr, “mention; remembrance”) + اِلٰہی (ilāhī, “divine”).

bor+

ذِکْرِ اِلٰهِی

surf

remembrance of God (often in one's heart)


کنہیا

ur-proper noun

کَنْہَیَّا • (kanhayyā) m (Hindi spelling कन्हैया)

کَنْہَیَّا (canonical)
kanhayyā (romanization)
कन्हैया (Hindi)

Dimunitive of कांह (kāṃha)/कान्ह (kānha), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀳 (kaṇha), from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa). Doublet of کرشن (kirśn, learned borrowing) and کشن (kiśan, semi-learned borrowing). Cognate to Assamese কানু (kanu), কানাই (kanai), Bengali কান (kano), কানাই (kanai), Gujarati કાનો (kāno), કાનુડો (kānuḍo).

doublet

کَنْہَیَّا کا بالْپَن


کنہیا

(dialectal, chiefly Hinduism) a handsome boy (like Krishna)


برہما

ur-proper noun

برہما • (barhamā or barahmā) m (Hindi spelling ब्रह्मा)

barhamā (romanization)
barahmā (romanization)
ब्रह्मा (Hindi)

/bəɾ.ɦə.mɑː/

/bə.ɾəɦ.mɑː/

[bə.ɾɛʱ.mɑː]

Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मा (brahmā).

(Hinduism) Brahma (creator god and first of the Trimurti)


کشن

کِشَن (canonical)
kiśan (romanization)
किशन (Hindi)
کِشَن (direct singular)
کِشَن (oblique singular)
کِشَن (singular vocative)

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa). Doublet of کرشن (kirśn) and کنھیا (kanhaiyā).


کالی

Borrowed from Sanskrit काली (kālī). Equivalent to کال (kāl) + ـی (-ī).

a female given name, Kali, from Sanskrit


کالی

a black woman; a woman of dark complexion


ربیع الاول

ur-proper noun

رَبِیعُ الْاَوَّل

रबी-उल-अव्वल

رَبِیعُ الْاَوَّل • (rabī'-ul-avval) m (Hindi spelling रबी-उल-अव्वल)

رَبِیعُ الْاَوَّل (canonical)
rabī'-ul-avval (romanization)
रबी-उल-अव्वल (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic رَبِيعُ الأَوَّل (rabīʕu l-ʔawwal). By surface analysis, Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʕ, “spring, Rabi”) + Arabic الأَوَّل (al-ʔawwal, “first”).

bor+

رَبِيعُ الأَوَّل

surf

Islamic calendar
Islamic calendar#English

(Islam) Rabi I (third month of the Islamic calendar and birthmonth of the prophet Muhammad)


ذو الحجہ

ur-proper noun

ذُو الْحِجَّہ

ذُو الْحِجَّہ • (zūl-hijja) m (Hindi spelling ज़ुल-हिज्जा)

ذُو الْحِجَّہ (canonical)
zūl-hijja (romanization)
ज़ुल-हिज्जा (Hindi)

/zʊl.ɦɪd̪.d͡ʒɑː/

Borrowed from Classical Persian ذوالحجه (zūlhijja), from Arabic ذُو الحِجَّة (ḏū l-ḥijja). By surface analysis, Arabic ذُو (ḏū, “possessed of”) + Arabic الحِجَّة (al-ḥijja, “the hajj”).

der

ذُو الحِجَّة

Arabic ذُو الحِجَّة (ḏū l-ḥijja)

surf

(Islam) Dhu'l-Hijja (twelfth and final month of the Islamic calendar, during which the hajj takes place)


کفارہ

ur-noun

کَفَّارَہ • (kaffāra) m (Hindi spelling कफ़्फ़ारा)

کَفَّارَہ (canonical)
kaffāra (romanization)
कफ़्फ़ारा (Hindi)
کَفَّارَہ (direct singular)
کَفَّارے (direct plural)
کَفَّارے (oblique singular)
کَفَّاروں (oblique plural)
کَفَّارے (singular vocative)
کَفَّارو (plural vocative)

[kə.fɑː.ɾɑː]

Borrowed from Classical Persian کَفَّارَه (kaffāra), from Arabic كَفَّارَة (kaffāra). Doublet of کَفَّارَت (kaffārat).

bor+

penance; atonement; expiation (ie. for committing a sin)


جوڈیو

ur-prefix

جُوڈِیو • (jūḍiyo) (Hindi spelling जूडियो)

جُوڈِیو (canonical)
jūḍiyo (romanization)
जूडियो (Hindi)


سنت ابراہیمی

ur-noun

سُنَّتِ اِبْرَاہِیمی

سُنَّتِ اِبْرَاہِیمی • (sunnat-i ibrāhīmī) m (Hindi spelling सुन्नत-ए-इब्राहीमी)

سُنَّتِ اِبْرَاہِیمی (canonical)
sunnat-i ibrāhīmī (romanization)
सुन्नत-ए-इब्राहीमी (Hindi)

Ezafe compound of سُنَّت (sunnat, “Sunnah; practice; tradition”) + ِ (-i, “of”) + اِبْرَاہِیمِی (ibrāhīmī, “Abrahamic; relating to Abraham”), literally “the tradition of Abraham”.

af

اِبْرَاہِیمِی

qurbani; the sacrifice of livestock on Eid ul-Adha


دریودھن

ur-proper noun

دُرِیودَھن • (duriyodhan) m (Hindi spelling दुर्योधन)

دُرِیودَھن (canonical)
duriyodhan (romanization)
दुर्योधन (Hindi)
دُریودَھن (direct singular)
دُریودَھن (oblique singular)
دُریودَھن (singular vocative)

Borrowed from Sanskrit दुर्योधन (duryodhana, “difficult to fight with”).


بھادوں

ur-noun

بھادوں • (bhādõ) m

bhādõ (romanization)
بھادوں (direct singular)
بھادوں (oblique singular)
بھادوں (singular vocative)

Inherited from Prakrit *भद्दवअ (bhaddavaa), from Sanskrit भाद्रपद (bhādrapada). Cognate with Punjabi ਭਾਦੋਂ (bhādõ).

inh+

Bhadrapada, the sixth month of the Hindi lunar calendar


کتھک

ur-noun

کَتَھک • (kathak) m (Hindi spelling कथक)

کَتَھک (canonical)
kathak (romanization)
कथक (Hindi)
کَتَھک (direct singular)
کَتَھک (direct plural)
کَتَھک (oblique singular)
کَتَھکوں (oblique plural)
کَتَھک (singular vocative)
کَتَھکو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Sanskrit कथक (kathaka, “narrator”).


ہنومان

ur-proper noun

ہَنُومان • (hanūmān) m (Hindi spelling हनुमान)

ہَنُومان (canonical)
hanūmān (romanization)
हनुमान (Hindi)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हनुमान् (hanumān).


سیتا

سِیتا (canonical)
sītā (romanization)
सीता (Hindi)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सीता (sītā). First attested in c. 1700 as Middle Hindi سیتا (syta /sītā/).

ref

“سیتا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.


کن فیکون

ur-phrase

کُن فَیَکُون

کُن فَیَکُون • (kun fayakūn) (Hindi spelling कुन फ़यकून)

کُن فَیَکُون (canonical)
kun fayakūn (romanization)
कुन फ़यकून (Hindi)

کُنْ‧فَ‧یَ‧کُون

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic كُنْ فَيَكُونُ (kun fayakūnu). First attested in c. 1503 as Middle Hindi کن فیکون (kn fykvn).

unadapted borrowing

كُنْ فَيَكُونُ

سَچ تُو ہی ہَے، خُدایَا
کُن فَیَکُون

2011, “Kun Faaya Kun”, in Irshad Kamil (lyrics), Rockstar (2011 film), performed by A. R. Rahman, Javed Ali, Mohit Chauhan, Nizami Brothers:

(Islam, Qur'an) "Be! And thus, it is." (God states in the Qur'an) – used to state God's power over its creation.


سہاگ

سُہاگ (canonical)
suhāg (romanization)
सोअग (Hindi)
سُہاگ (direct singular)
سُہاگ (direct plural)
سُہاگ (oblique singular)
سُہاگوں (oblique plural)
سُہاگ (singular vocative)
سُہاگو (plural vocative)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀕𑁆𑀕 (sohagga), from Sanskrit सौभाग्य (saubhāgya). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi سُہاگ (shag) / سُوہاگ (svhag).

inh+

wifehood (ie. wedlock; marriage; wedding – period of being married)


سوتن

ur-noun

سَوتَن • (sautan) f (Hindi spelling सौतन)

سَوتَن (canonical)
sautan (romanization)
सौतन (Hindi)
سَوتَن (direct singular)
سَوتَنیں (direct plural)
سَوتَن (oblique singular)
سَوتَنوں (oblique plural)
سَوتَن (singular vocative)
سَوتَنو (plural vocative)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-Iranian *sa-
Proto-Indo-European *pótis
Proto-Indo-European *-nih₂
Proto-Indo-European *pótnih₂
Proto-Indo-Iranian *pátniH
Proto-Indo-Iranian *sapátniH
Sanskrit सपत्नी (sapatnī)
Prakrit 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (savattī)
Prakrit 𑀇𑀡 (iṇa)
Prakrit 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀡𑀻 (savattiṇī)
Urdu سَوتَن (sautan)
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀡𑀻 (savattiṇī). Doublet of سَوت (saut) and سَوکَن (saukan).

etymon

سَوتَن

ref

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sapátnī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 760


گردوارہ

ur-noun

گُرْدُوارَہ or گُردوارَہ • (gurduāra or gurdvāra) m (Hindi spelling गुरुद्वारा)

گُرْدُوارَہ (canonical)
گُردوارَہ (canonical)
gurduāra (romanization)
gurdvāra (romanization)
गुरुद्वारा (Hindi)
گردوارہَہ (direct singular)
گردوارہے (direct plural)
گردوارہے (oblique singular)
گردوارہوں (oblique plural)
گردوارہے (singular vocative)
گردوارہو (plural vocative)

/ɡʊɾ.d̪ʊ.ɑːɾ.ɑ(ː)/

/ɡʊɾ.d̪ʋɑːɾ.ɑ(ː)/

Borrowed from Punjabi ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ (gurduārā).


گنگا جل

ur-noun

گَنگا جَل • (gangā jal) m (Hindi spelling गंगाजल)

گَنگا جَل (canonical)
gangā jal (romanization)
गंगाजल (Hindi)

/ɡən.ɡɑː d͡ʒəl/


ست سری اکال

ur-interj

سَت سِری اَکال

सत श्री अकाल

سَت سِری اَکال • (sat sirī akāl) (Hindi spelling सत श्री अकाल)

سَت سِری اَکال (canonical)
sat sirī akāl (romanization)
सत श्री अकाल (Hindi)

(Sikhism) A salutation; a greeting used for most purposes including hello, good morning/afternoon, and goodbye


شیش ناگ

ur-noun

شیش ناگ • (śeś nāg) m (Hindi spelling शेषनाग)

śeś nāg (romanization)
शेषनाग (Hindi)
شیش ناگ (direct singular)
شیش ناگ (oblique singular)
شیش ناگ (singular vocative)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शेषनाग (śeṣanāga).

lbor

(Hinduism) Shesha, a serpentine demigod and king of the serpents.


قصیدہ

ur-noun

قَصِیدَہ • (qasīda) m (formal plural قَصَائِد (qasāid), Hindi spelling क़सीदा)

قَصِیدَہ (canonical)
qasīda (romanization)
قَصَائِد (formal plural)
क़सीदा (Hindi)
قَصِیدَہ (direct singular)
قَصِیدے (direct plural)
قَصِیدے (oblique singular)
قَصِیدوں (oblique plural)
قَصِیدے (singular vocative)
قَصِیدو (plural vocative)

Etymology tree
Arabic قَصِيدَة (qaṣīda)bor.
Classical Persian قَصِیدَه (qasīda)bor.
Urdu قَصِیدَہ (qasīda)
Borrowed from Classical Persian قَصِیدَه (qasīda), borrowed from Arabic قَصِيدَة (qaṣīda). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi قصیدہ (qṣydh /qasīda/).

etymon

قَصِیدَہ

ref

Platts, John T. (1884) “قصيده”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 792

“قصیدہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

(poetry) qasida (panegyric poetry; Urdu poetry that extols)

(by extension, Islam) a poem in praise of a religious figure, often Prophet Muhammad


برہسپت

ur-proper noun

بِرْہَسْپَت • (birhaspat) m (Hindi spelling बृहस्पति)

بِرْہَسْپَت (canonical)
birhaspat (romanization)
बृहस्पति (Hindi)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बृहस्पति (bṛhaspati).


کوثر

ur-noun

کَوثَر • (kausar) m (Hindi spelling कौसर)

کَوثَر (canonical)
kausar (romanization)
कौसर (Hindi)
کَوثَر (direct singular)
کَوثَر (direct plural)
کَوثَر (oblique singular)
کَوثَروں (oblique plural)
کَوثَر (singular vocative)
کَوثَرو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian کَوثَر (kawsar), from Arabic كَوْثَر (kawṯar). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi کوثر (kvs̱r /kausar/).

ref

“کوثر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

(religion) name of a fountain or river in Paradise

(Islam, Qur'an) the name of a chapter in the Qur'an


پی ٹی آئی

ur-prop

پِی ٹِی آئِی

پِی ٹِی آئِی • (pī ṭī āī) ? (Hindi spelling पीटीआई)

پِی ٹِی آئِی (canonical)
pī ṭī āī (romanization)
पीटीआई (Hindi)

پْریس ٹْرَسْٹ آف اِنْڈِیا
w:ur:پریس ٹرسٹ آف انڈیا

initialism of پْریس ٹْرَسْٹ آف اِنْڈِیا (pres ṭrasṭ āf inḍiyā)

پاکِسْتان تَحْرِیکِ اِنْصَاف
w:ur:پاکستان تحریک انصاف

(Pakistani politics) initialism of پاکِسْتان تَحْرِیکِ اِنْصَاف (pākistān tahrīk-i insāf)


بلند دروازہ

بُلَنْد دَرْوازَہ

बुलंद दरवाज़ा

بُلَنْد دَرْوازَہ • (buland darvāza) m (Hindi spelling बुलंद दरवाज़ा)

بُلَنْد دَرْوازَہ (canonical)
buland darvāza (romanization)
बुलंद दरवाज़ा (Hindi)

بُ‧لَنْد‧دَرْ‧وا‧زَہ

A historic monument in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India to commemorate the Mughal conquest of Gujarat.


چار مینار

ur-proper noun

چار مِینار • (cār mīnār) m (Hindi spelling चारमीनार)

چار مِینار (canonical)
cār mīnār (romanization)
चारमीनार (Hindi)

→ English: Charminar

⇒ Telugu: చార్మినారు (cārmināru)

/t͡ʃɑːɾ miː.nɑːɾ/

ur:چار مینار (حیدر آباد)

Sultanate of Golconda
w:Sultanate of Golconda

Charminar (a monument in Hyderabad, Telangana, India to commemorate the shifting of the capital of the Sultanate of Golconda from Golconda to Hyderabad)

چار چار#Urdu

مِینار مینار#Urdu

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see چار (cār), مِینار (mīnār).


تین تلوار

تِین تَلْوار

تِین تَلْوار • (tīn talvār) ? (Hindi spelling तीन तलवार)

تِین تَلْوار (canonical)
tīn talvār (romanization)
तीन तलवार (Hindi)

/t̪iːn t̪əl.ʋɑːɾ/

تِین‧تَلْ‧وار

A monument in Clifton, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan consisting of three marble swords to commemorate the three elements of Pakistan’s national motto: Faith, Unity, Discipline

ur:تین تلوار


دلہن

ur-noun

دُلْہَن • (dulhan) f (Hindi spelling दुल्हन)

دُلْہَن (canonical)
dulhan (romanization)
दुल्हन (Hindi)
دُلْہَن (direct singular)
دُلْہَنیں (direct plural)
دُلْہَن (oblique singular)
دُلْہَنوں (oblique plural)
دُلْہَن (singular vocative)
دُلْہَنو (plural vocative)

Feminine of دُلْہا (dulhā, “bridegroom”).


دولہا

ur-noun

دُولْہا • (dūlhā) m (feminine دُلْہَن (dulhan), Hindi spelling दूल्हा)

دُولْہا (canonical)
dūlhā (romanization)
دُلْہَن (feminine)
दूल्हा (Hindi)
دُولْہا (direct singular)
دُولْہے (direct plural)
دُولْہے (oblique singular)
دُولْہوں (oblique plural)
دُولْہے (singular vocative)
دُولْہو (plural vocative)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀳 (dullaha), ultimately from Sanskrit दुर्लभक (durlabhaka, literally "hard to attain or gain"), from दुर्- (dur-, “hardly”) + लभक (labhaka, “attained”), itself a compound of the root लभ् (labh, “to gain, attain”) + -क (-ka, adjectival suffix from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas).


مجموعہ

ur-noun

مَجْمُوعَہ • (majmū'a) m (formal plural مَجْمُوعَات (majmū'āt), Hindi spelling मजमूआ)

مَجْمُوعَہ (canonical)
majmū'a (romanization)
مَجْمُوعَات (formal plural)
मजमूआ (Hindi)
مَجْمُوعَہ (direct singular)
مَجْمُوعے (direct plural)
مَجْمُوعے (oblique singular)
مَجْمُوعوں (oblique plural)
مَجْمُوعے (singular vocative)
مَجْمُوعو (plural vocative)

Etymology tree
Arabic جَمَعَ (jamaʕa)
Arabic مَجْمُوع (majmūʕ)
Arabic مَجْمُوعَة (majmūʕa)bor.
Classical Persian مَجْمُوعَه (majmū'a)bor.
Urdu مَجْمُوعَہ (majmū'a)
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَجْمُوعَه (majmū'a), borrowed from Arabic مَجْمُوعَة (majmūʕa), from مَجْمُوع (majmūʕ), from جَمَعَ (jamaʕa).

etymon

مَجْمُوعَہ


پسلی

ur-noun

پَسْلی • (paslī) f (Hindi spelling पसली)

پَسْلی (canonical)
paslī (romanization)
पसली (Hindi)
پَسْلی (direct singular)
پَسْلِیاں (direct plural)
پَسْلی (oblique singular)
پَسْلِیوں (oblique plural)
پَسْلی (singular vocative)
پَسْلِیو (plural vocative)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pérḱus
Proto-Indo-Iranian *párćuš
Sanskrit पर्शु (parśu)
Prakrit 𑀧𑀁𑀲𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀆 (paṃsuliā)
Urdu پَسْلی (paslī)
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀁𑀲𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀆 (paṃsuliā), from Sanskrit पर्शु (parśu), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *párćuš, from Proto-Indo-European *pérḱus.

etymon

پَسْلی

ref

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “párśu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

(music) string or thread (of any instrument)


فرہاد

ur-prop

فَرْہاد • (farhād) m (Hindi spelling फ़रहाद)

فَرْہاد (canonical)
farhād (romanization)
फ़रहाद (Hindi)
فَرْہاد (direct singular)
فَرْہاد (direct plural)
فَرْہاد (oblique singular)
فَرْہادوں (oblique plural)
فَرْہاد (singular vocative)
فَرْہادو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَرْهَاد (farhād).

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(Iranian mythology) Farhad (the unrequited lover of Queen Shirin in the romance Khosrow and Shirin.)