مسجد

ur-noun

مَسْجِد • (masjid) f (formal plural مَساجِد (masājid), Hindi spelling मस्जिद)

مَسْجِد (canonical)
masjid (romanization)
مَساجِد (formal plural)
मस्जिद (Hindi)
مَسْجِد (direct singular)
مَسْجِدیں (direct plural)
مَسْجِد (oblique singular)
مَسْجِدوں (oblique plural)
مَسْجِد (singular vocative)
مَسْجِدو (plural vocative)

Etymology tree
Arabic سَجَدَ (sajada)
Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid)bor.
Classical Persian مَسْجِد (masjid)bor.
Urdu مَسْجِد (masjid)
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَسْجِد (masjid), borrowed from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from سَجَدَ (sajada). First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi مسجد (msjd /masjid/).

etymon

مَسْجِد

ref

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

جَامِع مَسْجِد

a central; congregational (Jamia) mosque

اس عبادت گاہ کو بنی اسرائیل مسجد بھی کہا جاتا تھا۔

2019 May 16, شاہ ولی اللہ [Shah Wali-ul-llah], “کراچی میں مقیم یہودیوں کی تاریخ [karācī meṉ maqīm yahūdioṉ kī tārīx]”, in روزنامہ جنگ [Daily Jang], Karachi:

This place of worship also used to be known as the Bene Israel synagogue.


مخزن

ur-noun

مَخْزَن • (maxzan) m (Hindi spelling मख़ज़न)

مَخْزَن (canonical)
maxzan (romanization)
मख़ज़न (Hindi)
مَخْزَن (direct singular)
مَخْزَن (direct plural)
مَخْزَن (oblique singular)
مَخْزَنوں (oblique plural)
مَخْزَن (singular vocative)
مَخْزَنو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian مخزن (maxzan), from Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan).


گھر

گَھر (canonical)
ghar (romanization)
घर (Hindi)
گَھر (direct singular)
گَھر (direct plural)
گَھر (oblique singular)
گَھروں (oblique plural)
گَھر (singular vocative)
گَھرو (plural vocative)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara), from a metathesized form of Sanskrit गृह (gṛha).


منزل

ur-noun

مَنْزِل • (manzil) f (formal plural مَنازِل (manāzil), Hindi spelling मंज़िल)

مَنْزِل (canonical)
manzil (romanization)
مَنازِل (formal plural)
मंज़िल (Hindi)
مَنْزِل (direct singular)
مَنْزِلیں (direct plural)
مَنْزِل (oblique singular)
مَنْزِلوں (oblique plural)
مَنْزِل (singular vocative)
مَنْزِلو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَنزِل (manzil), from Arabic مَنْزِل (manzil, “house, dwelling”). First attested in c. 1421 as Old Hindi مَنْزِل (mnzl /manzil/, “abode”).


پناہ

پَناہ (canonical)
panāh (romanization)
पनाह (Hindi)
پَناہ (direct singular)
پَناہیں (direct plural)
پَناہ (oblique singular)
پَناہوں (oblique plural)
پَناہ (singular vocative)
پَناہو (plural vocative)

Etymology tree
Middle Persian 𐭯𐭭𐭠𐭧 (pnʾḥ)
Classical Persian پَنَاه (panāh)bor.
Urdu پَناہ (panāh)
Borrowed from Classical Persian پَنَاه (panāh). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi پناہ (pnah /panāh/).

etymon

پَناہ

ref

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


گرجا

ur-noun

گِرْجا • (girjā) m (Hindi spelling गिरजा)

گِرْجا (canonical)
girjā (romanization)
गिरजा (Hindi)

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek)
Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō)
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)
Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía)bor.
Latin ecclēsiaslbor.
Old Galician-Portuguese igreja
Portuguese igrejabor.
Urdu گرجا
Borrowed from Portuguese igreja, from Latin ecclēsia. Doublet of کلیسیا (kalīsiyā).


مندر

ur-noun

مَنْدِر • (mandir) m (Hindi spelling मंदिर)

مَنْدِر (canonical)
mandir (romanization)
मंदिर (Hindi)
مندر (direct singular)
مندر (direct plural)
مندر (oblique singular)
مندروں (oblique plural)
مندر (singular vocative)
مندرو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्दिर (mandira).

(loosely, polytheism) temple, place or house of worship


پگوڈا

پگوڈا • (pagoḍā) m (Hindi spelling पगोडा)


بت خانہ

بت خانہ • (but-xānā) m (Hindi spelling बुत-ख़ाना)

but-xānā (romanization)
बुत-ख़ाना (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian بتخانه (but-xāna), from بت (but, “idol”) + خانه (xāna, “house”).


زندان

ur-noun

زِنْدَان • (zindān) m (Hindi spelling ज़िंदान)

زِنْدَان (canonical)
zindān (romanization)
ज़िंदान (Hindi)
زِنْدَان (direct singular)
زِنْدَان (direct plural)
زِنْدَان (oblique singular)
زِنْدَانوں (oblique plural)
زِنْدَان (singular vocative)
زِنْدَانو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian زِنْدَان (zindān). First attested in c. 1649 as Middle Hindi زندان (zndan /zindān/).

ref

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


معماری

ur-noun

مِعْمَارِی • (me'mārī) f (Hindi spelling मेमारी)

مِعْمَارِی (canonical)
me'mārī (romanization)
मेमारी (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian معماری (mi'mārī). By surface analysis, معمار (me'mār) + ـی (-ī).


معمار

ur-noun

مِعْمار • (me'mār) m (Hindi spelling मेमार)

مِعْمار (canonical)
me'mār (romanization)
मेमार (Hindi)


قلعہ

قِلْعَہ • (qil'a) m (Hindi spelling क़िला)

قِلْعَہ (canonical)
qil'a (romanization)
क़िला (Hindi)
قِلْعَہ (direct singular)
قِلْعے (direct plural)
قِلْعے (oblique singular)
قِلْعوں (oblique plural)
قِلْعے (singular vocative)
قِلْعو (plural vocative)

→ English: qila

→ Shina: قلعہ (qilla)

Etymology tree
Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa)bor.
Classical Persian قَلْعَه /قِلْعَه (qal'a)bor.
Urdu قِلْعَہ (qil'a)
Borrowed from Classical Persian قَلْعَه /قِلْعَه (qal'a), borrowed from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa).

etymon

قِلْعَہ

ref

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


سنانگھر

ur-noun

سنانگھر • (snānaghar) m (Hindi spelling स्नानघर)

snānaghar (romanization)
स्नानघर (Hindi)


حراست

حِراسَت • (hirāsat) f (Hindi spelling हिरासत)

حِراسَت (canonical)
hirāsat (romanization)
हिरासत (Hindi)
حِراسَت (direct singular)
حِراسَتیں (direct plural)
حِراسَت (oblique singular)
حِراسَتوں (oblique plural)
حِراسَت (singular vocative)
حِراسَتو (plural vocative)

/ɦɪ.ɾɑː.sət̪/

Borrowed from Classical Persian حراست (hirāsat), ultimately from Arabic حِراسَة (ḥirāsa).


معبد

مَعْبَد معبد#Persian

مَعْبَد معبد#Arabic

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَعْبَد (ma'bad), from Arabic مَعْبَد (maʕbad).


معبد

ur-noun

مَعْبَد • (ma'bad) m (formal plural مَعَابِد (ma'ābid), Hindi spelling माबद)

مَعْبَد (canonical)
ma'bad (romanization)
مَعَابِد (formal plural)
माबद (Hindi)
مَعْبَد (direct singular)
مَعْبَد (direct plural)
مَعْبَد (oblique singular)
مَعْبَدوں (oblique plural)
مَعْبَد (singular vocative)
مَعْبَدو (plural vocative)

بھگوان ہوتا تو اس معبد کے اندر ہوتا، دہلیز پر نہ بیٹھا کرتا۔

1990, اَشْفاق اَحْمَد [aśfāq ahmad], قِلْعَہ کَہَانی [qil'a kahānī], Lahore, →OCLC, page 26:

If there was a god, he would have been inside this temple, not lingering at the entrance.


گرجا گھر

گِرْجا گھَر • (girjā ghar) m (Hindi spelling गिर्जा घर)

گِرْجا گھَر (canonical)
girjā ghar (romanization)
गिर्जा घर (Hindi)

(Christianity, place of worship) a church building


لائبریری

لائِبْریری • (lāibrerī) f (Hindi spelling लाइब्रेरी)

لائِبْریری (canonical)
lāibrerī (romanization)
लाइब्रेरी (Hindi)
لائِبْریری (direct singular)
لائِبْریرِیاں (direct plural)
لائِبْریری (oblique singular)
لائِبْریرِیوں (oblique plural)
لائِبْریری (singular vocative)
لائِبْریرِیو (plural vocative)

ur-decl-noun

لائِبْریرِیاں

لائِبْریرِیوں

لائِبْریرِیو


کتب خانہ

ur-noun

کتب خانہ • (kutub-xānā) m (Hindi spelling कुतुब-ख़ाना)

kutub-xānā (romanization)
कुतुब-ख़ाना (Hindi)

From Classical Persian کتبخانه (kutub-xāna), a variant of کتابخانه (kitāb-xāna) using the Arabic plural کتب (kutub).


جامعہ

جامعہ • (jāmi'a or jāmiyā) f (Hindi spelling जामिया or जामिआ)

jāmi'a (romanization)
jāmiyā (romanization)
जामिया (Hindi)
जामिआ (Hindi)

/d͡ʒɑː.mɪ.(ʔ)ɑː/

/d͡ʒɑː.mɪ.jɑː/


احاطہ

احاطہ • (ahātā) m (Hindi spelling अहाता)

bawn, enclosure, fence, limitation, mew, pale, parvis, sept, yard


اسیری

اَسِیری • (asīrī) f (Hindi spelling असीरी)

اَسِیری (canonical)
asīrī (romanization)
असीरी (Hindi)
اَسِیری (direct singular)
اَسِیرِیاں (direct plural)
اَسِیری (oblique singular)
اَسِیرِیوں (oblique plural)
اَسِیری (singular vocative)
اَسِیرِیو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَسِیرِی (asīrī). By surface analysis, اَسِیر (asīr) + ی (ī).


اصطبل

ur-noun

اَصْطَبَل • (astabal) m (Hindi spelling अस्तबल)

اَصْطَبَل (canonical)
astabal (romanization)
अस्तबल (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اصطبل (istabl), from Arabic إِصْطَبْل (ʔiṣṭabl), via Byzantine Greek στάβλον (stáblon) from Latin stabulum.

der

Arabic إِصْطَبْل (ʔiṣṭabl)


کوٹ

koṭ (romanization)
कोट (Hindi)
کوٹ (direct singular)
کوٹ (direct plural)
کوٹ (oblique singular)
کوٹوں (oblique plural)
کوٹ (singular vocative)
کوٹو (plural vocative)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (koṭṭa), from Sanskrit कोट्ट (koṭṭa), कोट (koṭa).


چڑیا گھر

ur-noun

چِڑِیا گَھر • (ciṛiyā ghar) m (Hindi spelling चिड़ियाघर)

چِڑِیا گَھر (canonical)
ciṛiyā ghar (romanization)
चिड़ियाघर (Hindi)
چڑیا گھر (direct singular)
چڑیا گھر (direct plural)
چڑیا گھر (oblique singular)
چڑیا گھروں (oblique plural)
چڑیا گھر (singular vocative)
چڑیا گھرو (plural vocative)

/t͡ʃɪ.ɽɪ.jɑː ɡʱəɾ/

From چِڑِیا (ciṛiyā) + گَھر (ghar), literally “bird-house (aviary)”.


عجائب گھر

ur-noun

عَجائِب گَھر

عَجائِب گَھر • ('ajāib ghar) m (Hindi spelling अजायबघर)

عَجائِب گَھر (canonical)
'ajāib ghar (romanization)
अजायबघर (Hindi)
عجائب گھر (direct singular)
عجائب گھر (direct plural)
عجائب گھر (oblique singular)
عجائب گھروں (oblique plural)
عجائب گھر (singular vocative)
عجائب گھرو (plural vocative)

/(ʔ)ə.d͡ʒɑː.ɪb ɡʱəɾ/

Compound of عَجائِب ('ajāib) + گَھر (ghar), literally “wonder-room (cabinet of curiosities)”.

com+

ur:عجائب گھر


خواب گاہ

ur-noun

خْوَاب گاہ • (xvāb gāh) f (Hindi spelling ख़्वाबगाह)

خْوَاب گاہ (canonical)
xvāb gāh (romanization)
ख़्वाबगाह (Hindi)
خواب گاہ (direct singular)
خواب گاہیں (direct plural)
خواب گاہ (oblique singular)
خواب گاہوں (oblique plural)
خواب گاہ (singular vocative)
خواب گاہو (plural vocative)

/xʷɑːb‿ɡɑːɦ/

Borrowed from Classical Persian خْوَابْگَاه (xwābgāh). Equivalent to خْوَاب (xvāb, “dream; sleep”) + گاہ (gāh, “place; hall”). Compare Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਬਗਾਹ (xābgāh) / خْوَاب گاہ (xvāb gāh).

af

اور یہ سوچتے ہی اس نے اپنی خوابگاہ کا دروازہ آہستہ سے کھولا

1983, مرزا ادیب [Mirza Adeeb], ساتواں چراغ [sātvāṉ cirāġ, The Seventh Lamp], →OCLC, page 198:

And while pondering over this, he slowly opened the door to his bedchamber

(rare or perhaps figurative) burial ground, grave


پاخانہ

ur-noun

پاخانہ • (pāxāna) m (Hindi spelling पाख़ाना)

From پا (pā, “foot(rest)”) + خانہ (xāna, “site, house”). Compare Bengali পায়খানা (paẏkhana).

af

privy, latrine, outhouse, lavatory, toilet


بیت الخلاء

ur-noun

بَیتُ الخَلاء

بَیتُ الخَلاء • (bait-ul-xalā') m (Hindi spelling बैत-उल-ख़ला)

بَیتُ الخَلاء (canonical)
bait-ul-xalā' (romanization)
बैत-उल-ख़ला (Hindi)

From Arabic بَيْت (bayt, “house”) + Arabic الخَلَاء (al-ḵalāʔ, “privy”).


حویلی

ur-noun

حویلی • (havelī) f (Hindi spelling हवेली)

havelī (romanization)
हवेली (Hindi)
حویلی (direct singular)
حویلِیاں (direct plural)
حویلی (oblique singular)
حویلِیوں (oblique plural)
حویلی (singular vocative)
حویلِیو (plural vocative)

From Classical Persian حوالی (havālī, “vicinity, outskirts”), from Arabic حَوَالَيْ (ḥawālay, “around”), probably due to the suburban setting, or alternatively from Arabic حَوَالِي (ḥawālī, “private space”), referring to the nature or function, popularized in Mughal India.


لوک سبھا

ur-prop

لوک سَبَھا • (lok sabhā) f (Hindi spelling लोक सभा)

لوک سَبَھا (canonical)
lok sabhā (romanization)
लोक सभा (Hindi)

Sanskritic formation from لوک (lok, “the people; public”) + سَبھا (sabhā, “house”), perhaps borrowed from Hindi लोक सभा (lok sabhā).

sa-com

Coordinate term: رَاجْیَہ سَبَھا (rājya sabhā)

Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Parliament of India)


راجیہ سبھا

ur-proper noun

رَاجْیَہ سَبَھا

رَاجْیَہ سَبَھا • (rājya sabhā) f (Hindi spelling राज्य सभा)

رَاجْیَہ سَبَھا (canonical)
rājya sabhā (romanization)
राज्य सभा (Hindi)

/ɾɑːd͡ʒ.jə sə.bʱɑː/

رَاجْ‧يَہ‧سَ‧بَھا

Transliteration of Hindi राज्य सभा (rājya sabhā).

Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Parliament of India)


چھاؤنی

ur-noun

چھاؤنی • (chā'onī) f (Hindi spelling छावनी)

chā'onī (romanization)
छावनी (Hindi)
چھاؤنی (direct singular)
چھاؤنِیاں (direct plural)
چھاؤنی (oblique singular)
چھاؤنِیوں (oblique plural)
چھاؤنی (singular vocative)
چھاؤنِیو (plural vocative)

/t͡ʃʰɑː.ʊ.niː/

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀸𑀬𑀡𑀻 (chāyaṇī), ultimately from Sanskrit छादन (chādana, “covering”). Cognate with Punjabi چَھوݨی (chauṇī), Sindhi ڇانوڻي (chānvaṇī) and Gujarati છાવણી (chāvṇī).


دروازہ

ur-noun

دَرْوَازَہ • (darvāza) m (Hindi spelling दरवाज़ा)

دَرْوَازَہ (canonical)
darvāza (romanization)
दरवाज़ा (Hindi)
دَرْوَازَہ (direct singular)
دَرْوَازے (direct plural)
دَرْوَازے (oblique singular)
دَرْوَازوں (oblique plural)
دَرْوَازے (singular vocative)
دَرْوَازو (plural vocative)

→ Gulf Arabic: دِرْوَازَة (dirwāza)

/d̪əɾ.ʋɑː.zɑ(ː)/

/d̪ɪɾ.ʋɑː.zɑ(ː)/

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-
Old Persian 𐎯𐎺𐎼𐎹𐎠 (du-v-r-y-a)
Middle Persian 𐭡𐭡𐭠 (bbʾ)
Persian دَر?
Middle Persian 𐫀𐫁𐫀𐫝 (ʾbʾc)
Persian وَاز?
Classical Persian دَرْوَازَه (darwāza)bor.
Urdu دَرْوَازَہ (darvāza)
Borrowed from Classical Persian دَرْوَازَه (darwāza). Doublet of دَر (dar) and دْوَار (dvār).

etymon

دَرْوَازَہ


گتا

ur-noun

گَتّا • (gattā) m (Hindi spelling गत्ता)

گَتّا (canonical)
gattā (romanization)
गत्ता (Hindi)
گَتّا (direct singular)
گَتّے (direct plural)
گَتّے (oblique singular)
گَتّوں (oblique plural)
گَتّے (singular vocative)
گَتّو (plural vocative)


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.


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”).


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


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)

/(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


بلند دروازہ

ur-prop

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)


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