حماس

Hamas (a militant Palestinianist and Sunni Muslim movement that presses for an independent, Palestinian Islamic state and the Palestinian right of return)


اسلام

ur-proper noun

اِسْلام • (islām) m (Hindi spelling इस्लाम)

اِسْلام (canonical)
islām (romanization)
इस्लाम (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اسلام (islām), Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).


الجزائر

ur-proper noun

اَلْجَزَائِر

اَلْجَزَائِر • (aljaza'ir) m (Hindi spelling अल-जज़ाइर)

اَلْجَزَائِر (canonical)
aljaza'ir (romanization)
अल-जज़ाइर (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic الْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir).

bor+

چناچہ الجزائر میں اسلامک سالویشن فرنٹ کو اقتدار میں نہ آ نے دیا گیا اور ترکی میں رفاہ پارٹی کی بساط لپیٹ دی گئی۔

2004, ایوب صابر [Ayyūb Ṣābir], معترضین اقبال : معترضین و مخالفین کے مختلف گروہ [Muʻtariz̤īn-i Iqbāl : muʻtariz̤īn o muxālifīn ke muxtalif giroh], New Delhi: انترنیشنل اردو پبلیکیشنز [International Urdu Publications], →OCLC, page 84:

Therefore, the Islamic Salvation Front was not allowed to come to power in Algeria and the Welfare Party in Turkey was overthrown.


مصر

مِصْر (canonical)
misr (romanization)
मिस्र (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian مِصْر (misr), from Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

قِبْرِص فِلِسْطِین اِسْرائِیل لِبْنان یَمَن عُمان مُتَّحِدَہ عَرَب اِمارات قَطَر بَحْرِین کُوَیت

مصر جانے کو جی مچلتا ہے

2004, مرزا طاہر احمد [Mirza Tahir Ahmad], رَبِّ اِنِّی لِمَا اَنزَلتَ اِلَیَّ مِن خَیر فَقِیر (poetry), quoted in کلامِ طاہر [Kalam-e-Tahir], pages 99-100:

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

(by extension) cities south of Cairo in Egypt.


اردو

ur-proper noun

اُرْدُو • (urdū) f (Hindi spelling उर्दू)

اُرْدُو (canonical)
urdū (romanization)
उर्दू (Hindi)

Shortened from اردوئے معلی (urdū-e mu’allá), from Middle Hindi زبان اردوئے معلی (zubān-i urdū-e mu’allá), borrowed from Classical Persian زُبَانِ اُرْدُویِ مُعَلّیٰ (zubān-i urdū-yi mu'allā, “language of the royal camp”).

inh

زبان اردوئے معلی

bor+

زُبَانِ اُرْدُویِ مُعَلّیٰ


کھلنا

ur-proper noun

کُھلْنَا • (khulnā) m (Hindi spelling खुलना)

کُھلْنَا (canonical)
khulnā (romanization)
खुलना (Hindi)

Khulna (the capital city of Khulna Division, Bangladesh)


رمضان

رَمَضان • (ramazān) m (Hindi spelling रमज़ान)

رَمَضان (canonical)
ramazān (romanization)
रमज़ान (Hindi)

desc

→ Kannada: ರಮ್ಜಾನ್ (ramjān), ರಂಜಾನ್ (rañjān)

→ Malayalam: റംസാൻ (ṟaṁsāṉ)

→ Tamil: ரம்சான் (ramcāṉ), ரம்ஜான் (ramjāṉ)

→ Telugu: రమ్జాన్ (ramjān), రంజాన్ (rañjān)

Borrowed from Classical Persian رمضان (ramazān, ramzān), from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

bor+

a male given name, Ramzan or Ramazan, from Arabic


ترکی

ur-proper noun

تُرْکی • (turkī) m (Hindi spelling तुर्की)

تُرْکی (canonical)
turkī (romanization)
तुर्की (Hindi)

Template:Wiktionary:Picture dictionary/ur:map/Europe
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Phono-semantic matching of English Turkey.

phono-semantic matching

Turkey (a country in Asia and Europe) [from 20th c.], Republic of Turkey


پارسی

ur-proper noun

پَارْسِی • (pārsī) f (Hindi spelling पारसी)

پَارْسِی (canonical)
pārsī (romanization)
पारसी (Hindi)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀭𑀲 (pārasa), from Sanskrit पारसिक (pārasika), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩' (pʾlsy /Pārs/), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa). Cognate with Bengali পারসি (parśi), Gujarati પારસી (pārsī), Marathi पारशी (pārśī), and Punjabi پَارْسِی / ਪਾਰਸੀ (pārsī).

ref

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pārasika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 457

cog

Punjabi پَارْسِی


آئرلینڈ

ur-proper noun

آئِرْلَینْڈ • (āirlainḍ) m (Hindi spelling आयरलैंड)

آئِرْلَینْڈ (canonical)
āirlainḍ (romanization)
आयरलैंड (Hindi)

/ɑː.ɪɾ.lɛːnɖ/

Ireland (a country in Europe; capital: Dublin)


اسد

اَسَد (canonical)
asad (romanization)
असद (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَسَد (asad), Arabic أَسَد (ʔasad).


ایران

اِیران (canonical)
īrān (romanization)
ईरान (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِیرَان (īrān), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyr ʾn /ērān/).

Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


بیت المقدس

Borrowed from Arabic بيت المقدس (bayt al-maqdis)

Jerusalem (a city in Israel; city in Palestine)

(by extension) Jerusalem (a district of Israel, Palestine)


یونان

ur-proper noun

یُونان • (yūnān) m (Hindi spelling यूनान)

یُونان (canonical)
yūnān (romanization)
यूनान (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian یونان (yunān), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία (Iōnía, “Ionia”).

bor+

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


اگنی

ur-proper noun

اَگْنی • (agnī) m (Hindi spelling अग्नि)

اَگْنی (canonical)
agnī (romanization)
अग्नि (Hindi)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní). Doublet of آگ (āg) and اَگَن (agan).


گنیش

a male given name, Ganesh, from Sanskrit, of Hindu usage


محمد

ur-proper noun

مُحَمَّد • (muhammad) m (Hindi spelling मुहम्मद)

مُحَمَّد (canonical)
muhammad (romanization)
मुहम्मद (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُحَمَّد (muhammad), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

bor+

a male given name from Arabic: Muhammad, Mohammed


نوید

ur-proper noun

نَوِید or نَوید • (navīd or naved) m (Hindi spelling नवीद)

نَوِید (canonical)
نَوید (canonical)
navīd (romanization)
naved (romanization)
नवीद (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian نوید (nawēd, nuwēd).

bor+

a male given name from Persian, Navid, Naveed, Naved


تاج محل

ur-proper noun

تاج مَحَل • (tāj mahal) m (Hindi spelling ताज महल)

تاج مَحَل (canonical)
tāj mahal (romanization)
ताज महल (Hindi)

[t̪ɑːd͡ʒ‿mɛ.ɦɛl]

From تاج (tāj, “crown”) + محل (mahal, “palace”).

af

Taj Mahal (a monument in Agra, India, constructed between 1631 and 1654, considered one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture in the world)


کاہکشان

ur-proper noun

کاہکشان • (kāhkaśān) m (Hindi spelling काहकशान)

/kɑːɦ.kə.ʃɑːn/


آکاش گنگا

آکَاش گَن٘گَا

آکَاش گَن٘گَا • (ākāś gaṅgā) f (Hindi spelling आकाश गंगा)

آکَاش گَن٘گَا (canonical)
ākāś gaṅgā (romanization)
आकाश गंगा (Hindi)

/ɑː.kɑːʃ ɡən.ɡɑː/


عیسائیت

عِیسائِیَت • ('īsāiyat) f (Hindi spelling ईसाईयत)

عِیسائِیَت (canonical)
'īsāiyat (romanization)
ईसाईयत (Hindi)

From عِیسیٰ ('īsā, “Jesus”) + ـیَت (-yat, “-ity”).


اندر

ur-proper noun

اِنْدْر • (indr) m (Hindi spelling इंद्र)

اِنْدْر (canonical)
indr (romanization)
इंद्र (Hindi)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit इन्द्र (indra). Compare Punjabi اندر (iṇdar), Kalasha اِن (in), Kamkata-viri ایںدر (ī˜drʻ), and Prasuni اِندر (indr).

lbor

(Hinduism, Vedic religion) Indra (king of the deities and god of rain and thunder)

a male given name, Indar or Indra, from Sanskrit, of Sikh and Hindu usage


امریکہ

ur-proper noun

اَمْرِیکَہ • (amrīka) m (Hindi spelling अमरीका)

اَمْرِیکَہ (canonical)
amrīka (romanization)
अमरीका (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic أَمْرِيكَة (ʔamrīka).

bor+

اَمْرِیکا امریکا#Urdu

Alternative spelling of اَمْرِیکا (amrīkā)


انگلینڈ

ur-proper noun

اِن٘گْلَینْڈ

اِن٘گْلَینْڈ • (iṅglainḍ) m (Hindi spelling इंग्लैंड)

اِن٘گْلَینْڈ (canonical)
iṅglainḍ (romanization)
इंग्लैंड (Hindi)

England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)


انڈیا

اِنْڈِیا • (inḍiyā) m (Hindi spelling इंडिया)

اِنْڈِیا (canonical)
inḍiyā (romanization)
इंडिया (Hindi)

Borrowed from English India. Doublet of ہِنْدِیَہ (hindiya).

ہندوستان ہندوستان#Urdu

(informal) Synonym of ہندوستان (hindūstān)


گنگا

گَن٘گا • (gaṅgā) f (Hindi spelling गंगा)

گَن٘گا (canonical)
gaṅgā (romanization)
गंगा (Hindi)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गङ्गा (gaṅgā).

lbor

Ganges (a major river in the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, India; major river in Rajshahi, Dhaka, Chittagong and Barisal Divisions, Bangladesh)


عراق

ur-proper noun

عِراق • ('irāq) m (Hindi spelling इराक़)

عِراق (canonical)
'irāq (romanization)
इराक़ (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian عِراق ('irāq), from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq).

bor+

Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


امید

ur-proper noun

اُمِّید • (ummīd) m (Hindi spelling उम्मीद)

اُمِّید (canonical)
ummīd (romanization)
उम्मीद (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian امید (umēd, umīd, ummēd, ummīd).


شکتی

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शक्ति (śakti)

lbor

a female given name, Shakti, from Sanskrit, of Hindu usage.


بھارت

ur-proper noun

بھارَت • (bhārat) m (Hindi spelling भारत)

بھارَت (canonical)
bhārat (romanization)
भारत (Hindi)

(historical) Hindustan, the undivided Indian subcontinent


کنیا

کنیا • (kanyā, kaniyā) f (Hindi spelling कन्या or कनिया)

kanyā (romanization)
kaniyā (romanization)
कन्या (Hindi)
कनिया (Hindi)


پاکستان

پاکِسْتان • (pākistān) m (Hindi spelling पाकिस्तान)

پاکِسْتان (canonical)
pākistān (romanization)
पाकिस्तान (Hindi)

desc

→ Arabic: بَاكِسْتَان (bākistān), الْبَاكِسْتَان (al-bākistān)

→ English: Pakistan

→ Hindi: पाकिस्तान (pākistān)

→ Uzbek: Pokiston

→ Latin: Pācistānia, Pākistānia

Coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali as an acronym of Punjab, "Afghania", Kashmir, Sindh and Balochistan. The name is also analyzed as پاک (pāk, “pure”) + ـستان (-stān, “land”).


شیخ

From Classical Persian شیخ (šēx), from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).

a male caste surname originating as a patronymic, equivalent to English Sheikh


پرتھوی

ur-proper noun

پِرْتِھْوی or پْرِتْھْوی • (pirthivī or prithvī) f (Hindi spelling पृथ्वी)

پِرْتِھْوی (canonical)
پْرِتْھْوی (canonical)
pirthivī (romanization)
prithvī (romanization)
पृथ्वी (Hindi)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पृथ्वी (pṛthvī).

lbor

(Hinduism, Buddhism) Prithvi, Mother Earth


مشتری

ur-proper noun

مشتری • (muštarī) m (Hindi spelling मुश्तरी)

Borrowed from Classical Persian مشتری (muštarī), from Arabic الْمُشْتَرِي (al-muštarī).

der

الْمُشْتَرِي


افغانستان

ur-proper noun

اَفْغانِسْتان

اَفْغانِسْتان • (afġānistān) m (Hindi spelling अफ़्ग़ानिस्तान)

اَفْغانِسْتان (canonical)
afġānistān (romanization)
अफ़्ग़ानिस्तान (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian افغانستان (afğānistān).

bor+

Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

ur:افغانستان


انگلستان

ur-proper noun

اِن٘گْلِسْتان

اِن٘گْلِسْتان • (iṅglistān) m (Hindi spelling इंगलिस्तान)

اِن٘گْلِسْتان (canonical)
iṅglistān (romanization)
इंगलिस्तान (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِنْگِلِسْتان (ingilistân)

bor+

اِنْگِلِسْتان

England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom), Inglistan


برطانیہ

ur-proper noun

بَرْطانِیَہ • (bartāniya) m (Hindi spelling बर्तानिया)

بَرْطانِیَہ (canonical)
bartāniya (romanization)
बर्तानिया (Hindi)

بَر‧طا‧نِ‧یَہ

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek Βρεττανία (Brettanía)bor.
Latin Britanniabor.?
Arabic بِرِطَانِيَة (biriṭāniya)bor.
Classical Persian بِرِطَانِیَه (biritāniya)bor.
Urdu بَرْطانِیَہ (bartāniya)
From Classical Persian بِرِطَانِیَه (biritāniya), from Arabic بِرِطَانِيَة (biriṭāniya) or بَرْطَانِيَة (barṭāniya), ultimately from Latin Britannia. Compare Pashto برطانيه (bartānya).

etymon

بَرْطانِیَہ

bor

بِرِطَانِیَه

der

بِرِطَانِيَة


لندن

ur-proper noun

لَنْدَن • (landan) m (Hindi spelling लंदन)

لَنْدَن (canonical)
landan (romanization)
लंदन (Hindi)

Borrowed from English London, possibly through Persian لندن (landan).

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


چین

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ur:map (canonical)
Indian subcontinent چِین (canonical)
cīn (romanization)
चीन (Hindi)

Borrowed from Sanskrit चीन (cīna). Possibly influenced by Classical Persian چین (čīn, “China”).

پاک چین سرحد


بہار

بِہار • (bihār) m (Hindi spelling बिहार)

بِہار (canonical)
bihār (romanization)
बिहार (Hindi)

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀸𑀭 (vihāra), from Sanskrit विहार (vihāra, “temple; monastery”).


کیف

کِیف (canonical)
kīf (romanization)
कीव (Hindi)

Borrowed from Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev), perhaps through English Kiev, or another language.

2017 December 6, “کیف کے حالات دوسری جنگِ عظیم جیسے ہوگئے ہیں، یوکرینی وزیر خارجہ [Kyiv's situation has become similar to the situation of World War 2, minister of external affairs]”, in Jang:


علی

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَلِی (alī), from Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).


اسرائیل

ur-proper noun

اِسْرائِیل • (isrāīl) m (Hindi spelling इस्राइल)

اِسْرائِیل (canonical)
isrāīl (romanization)
इस्राइल (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl), itself from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisrá'él).


تبت

ur-proper noun

تِبَّت • (tibbat) m (Hindi spelling तिब्बत)

تِبَّت (canonical)
tibbat (romanization)
तिब्बत (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian تبت (tibbat).

bor+

Tibet Autonomous Region
Tibet Autonomous Region#English

Tibet (an autonomous region of China; official name: Tibet Autonomous Region; capital: Lhasa).


عربی

ur-proper noun

عَرَبی or عَرْبی • ('arabī or 'arbī) f (Hindi spelling अरबी)

عَرَبی (canonical)
عَرْبی (canonical)
'arabī (romanization)
'arbī (romanization)
अरबी (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic عَرَبِيّ (ʕarabiyy).


کویت

ur-proper noun

کُوَیْت • (kuvait) m (Hindi spelling कुवैत)

کُوَیْت (canonical)
kuvait (romanization)
कुवैत (Hindi)

Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


اردن

اُرْدُن • (urdun) m (Hindi spelling उर्दुन)

اُرْدُن (canonical)
urdun (romanization)
उर्दुन (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اُرْدُن (urdun), itself from Arabic الْأُرْدُنّ (al-ʔurdunn).

bor+

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)


مراکش

ur-proper noun

مَراکِش • (marākiś) m (Hindi spelling मराकिश)

مَراکِش (canonical)
marākiś (romanization)
मराकिश (Hindi)

/mə.ɾɑː.kɪʃ/

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَرَاکِش (marākiš), from Arabic مَرَّاكِش (marrākiš).

bor+

Marrakech (the capital city of the Marrakesh-Safi region, Morocco)


فلسطین

ur-proper noun

فِلِسْطِین • (filistīn) m (Hindi spelling फ़िलिस्तीन)

فِلِسْطِین (canonical)
filistīn (romanization)
फ़िलिस्तीन (Hindi)

فِ‧لِسْ‧طِین

Borrowed from Arabic فِلَسْطِين (filasṭīn), likely influenced by Classical Persian فلسطین (falastīn). Compare Punjabi فَلَسْطِین (falast̤īn).

bor+

Palestine (The region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River)

Palestine (A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)


لبنان

ur-proper noun

لِبْنان • (libnān) m (Hindi spelling लेबनान)

لِبْنان (canonical)
libnān (romanization)
लेबनान (Hindi)

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


شکر

شُکْرَ • (śukra) m (Hindi spelling शुक्र)

شُکْرَ (canonical)
śukra (romanization)
शुक्र (Hindi)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शुक्र (śukra). Doublet of سرخ (surx).


ساحل

ur-proper noun

ساحِل • (sāhil) f (Hindi spelling साहिल)

ساحِل (canonical)
sāhil (romanization)
साहिल (Hindi)


عیسی

عِیسیٰ (canonical)
ʻīsā (romanization)
ईसा (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian عِیسَیٰ (īsā), borrowed from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).

etymon

a male given name, Isa, from Arabic, of Muslim usage


ازبکستان

ur-proper noun

اُزْبَکِسْتان

उज़्बेकिस्तान

اُزْبَکِسْتان • (uzbakistān) m (Hindi spelling उज़्बेकिस्तान)

اُزْبَکِسْتان (canonical)
uzbakistān (romanization)
उज़्बेकिस्तान (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian ازبکستان (uzbakistān).


یہوداہ

ur-proper noun

یہوداہ • (yahūdā) m (Hindi spelling यहूदा)


یہودیہ

یَہُودِیَہ • (yahūdiya) m (Hindi spelling यहूदीया)

یَہُودِیَہ (canonical)
yahūdiya (romanization)
यहूदीया (Hindi)

Borrowed from Latin Iūdaea, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαία (Ioudaía), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá).

Judea (an ancient region in ancient Israel)


عبرانی

عِبْرانی • ('ibrānī) m (Hindi spelling इब्रानी)

عِبْرانی (canonical)
'ibrānī (romanization)
इब्रानी (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian عبرانی ('ibrānī), from Arabic عِبْرِيّ (ʕibriyy), ultimately from Hebrew עִבְרִי ('ivrí, ʿiḇrī).


سامی

Derived from Arabic سَامٍ (sāmin, “high, elevated”).

der+

سامِیَہ سامیہ#Urdu

a male given name, Sami, from Arabic, feminine equivalent سامِیَہ (sāmiya)


یمن

یَمَن (canonical)
yaman (romanization)
यमन (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian یمن (yaman), from Arabic اَلْيَمَن (al-yaman).

bor+

Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


مریخ

ur-proper noun

مِرِّیخ • (mirrīx) m (Hindi spelling मिर्रीख़)

مِرِّیخ (canonical)
mirrīx (romanization)
मिर्रीख़ (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian مِرِّیخ (mirrīx), from Arabic الْمِرِّيخ (al-mirrīḵ).


شیطان

ur-noun

شَیطان • (śaitān) m (Hindi spelling शैतान)

شَیطان (canonical)
śaitān (romanization)
शैतान (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān), likely through Classical Persian شَیْطان (šaytān).


نور

ur-proper noun

نور • (nūr) m or f by sense (Hindi spelling नूर)

Borrowed from Classical Persian نُور (nūr), from Arabic نُور (nūr). Compare Bengali নূর (nur).


مسیحیت

ur-proper noun

مَسِیحِیَت • (masīhiyat) f (Hindi spelling मसीहियत)

مَسِیحِیَت (canonical)
masīhiyat (romanization)
मसीहियत (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَسِیحِیَّت (masīhiyyat), from Arabic مَسِيحِيَّة (masīḥiyya). By surface analysis, مَسِیحی (masīhī, “Christian”) + ـِیَت (-iyat, “-ity”).


مکہ

ur-proper noun

مَکَّہ • (makkah) m (Hindi spelling मक्का)

مَکَّہ (canonical)
makkah (romanization)
मक्का (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَکَّه (makka), from Arabic مَكَّة (makka). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi مکہ (mkh /makka/).

bor+

Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam).


ایزد

From Classical Persian ایزد (ēzad, “God”).


گور

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit गौरि (gauri), variant of गौरी (gaurī).


شبنم

ur-proper noun

شَبْنَم • (śabnam) f (Hindi spelling शबनम)

شَبْنَم (canonical)
śabnam (romanization)
शबनम (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian شبنم (šabnam).


حیفا

ur-noun

حَیفا • (ḥaifā) m (Hindi spelling हैफ़ा)

حَیفا (canonical)
ḥaifā (romanization)
हैफ़ा (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic حَيْفَا (ḥayfā), ultimately from Hebrew חֵיפָה (ḥēfáh).

(by extension) Haifa (a district of Israel)


دعا

دُعا (canonical)
du'ā (romanization)
दुआ (Hindi)

Etymology tree
Arabic دَعَا (daʕā)
Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ)bor.
Classical Persian دُعَا (du'ā)bor.
Urdu دُعَا (du'ā)Borrowed from Classical Persian دُعَا (du'ā), borrowed from Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ), from دَعَا (daʕā). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi دعا (du'ā)ِ,

etymon

دُعَا

ref

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


کابل

ur-proper noun

کابُل • (kābul) m (Hindi spelling काबुल)

کابُل (canonical)
kābul (romanization)
काबुल (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian کَابُل (kābul).


عمان

عُمان (canonical)
'umān (romanization)
ओमान (Hindi)

Template:Wiktionary:Picture dictionary/ur:map/Middle East
Borrowed from Arabic عُمَان (ʕumān).

Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


عمان

ur-proper noun

عَمّان • ('ammān) m (Hindi spelling अम्मान)

عَمّان (canonical)
'ammān (romanization)
अम्मान (Hindi)


آبان

Borrowed from Classical Persian آبان (ābān), related to آب (āb, “water”).

bor+

Aban, the eighth month of the solar Persian calendar.


آذر

Azar, the ninth month of the solar Persian calendar.


قزاقستان

ur-proper noun

क़ज़ाक़िस्तान

कज़ाख़िस्तान

قَزاقِسْتان • (qazāqistān) m (Hindi spelling क़ज़ाक़िस्तान or कज़ाख़स्तान or कज़ाख़िस्तान)

قَزاقِسْتان (canonical)
qazāqistān (romanization)
क़ज़ाक़िस्तान (Hindi)
कज़ाख़स्तान (Hindi)
कज़ाख़िस्तान (Hindi)

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


ترکستان

تُرْکِسْتان • (turkistān) m (Hindi spelling तुर्किस्तान)

تُرْکِسْتان (canonical)
turkistān (romanization)
तुर्किस्तान (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian ترکستان (turkistān).


ارمنستان

ur-proper noun

اَرْمَنِسْتان

اَرْمَنِسْتان • (armanistān) m (Hindi spelling अर्मनिस्तान)

اَرْمَنِسْتان (canonical)
armanistān (romanization)
अर्मनिस्तान (Hindi)

اَرْ‧مَ‧نِسْ‧تان

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَرْمَنِسْتان (armanistān).

bor+

اَرْمَنِسْتان

Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


کردستان

ur-proper noun

کُرْدِسْتان • (kurdistān) m (Hindi spelling कुर्दिस्तान)

کُرْدِسْتان (canonical)
kurdistān (romanization)
कुर्दिस्तान (Hindi)

کُرْ‧دِسْ‧تان

From کرد (Kurd) + ـستان (-istān, “land of...”), or possibly borrowed from Classical Persian کردستان (kurdistān).

bor+

Kurdistan (A region in the Middle East inhabited mostly by the Kurds. It encompasses parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria)

(by extension) Kurdistan (an autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)

(by extension) Kurdistan (a province in northwestern Iran lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)


عزیز

ur-proper noun

عَزِیز • (azīz) m (Hindi spelling अज़ीज़)

عَزِیز (canonical)
azīz (romanization)
अज़ीज़ (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian عزیز ('azīz), from Arabic عَزِيز (ʕazīz). First attested as Old Hindi आजीज (ājīja).


پنجابی

ur-proper noun

پَنْجابی • (panjābī) f (Hindi spelling पंजाबी)

پَنْجابی (canonical)
panjābī (romanization)
पंजाबी (Hindi)

* (Standard Urdu) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /pən.d͡ʒɑː.biː/
*
 Audio (Pakistan): (file)
* Rhymes: -iː


عمر

عُمَر (canonical)
’umar (romanization)
उमर (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian عمر ('umr), taken from Arabic عُمْر (ʕumr).

bor+

(Islam) ʿUmar ibn al-Ḵaṭṭāb, recognized as the Islamic prophet's second rightly-guided successor in Sunni Islam


چمن

چَمَن (canonical)
caman (romanization)
चमन (Hindi)

Chaman (a city in Qilla Abdullah district, Balochistan, Pakistan)


آسٹریلیا

ur-proper noun

آسْٹْریلِیا • (āsṭreliyā) m (Hindi spelling ऑस्ट्रेलिया)

آسْٹْریلِیا (canonical)
āsṭreliyā (romanization)
ऑस्ट्रेलिया (Hindi)

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


پشتو

پَشْتو • (paśto) m (indeclinable, Hindi spelling पश्तो)

پَشْتو (canonical)
paśto (romanization)
पश्तो (Hindi)

Borrowed from Pashto پښتو (paẍto), likely influenced by Persian پشتو (paštu).


نوح

نُوح (canonical)
nūh (romanization)
नूह (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian نوح (nūḥ), from Arabic نُوح (nūḥ).


باکو

باکُو (canonical)
bākū (romanization)
बाकू (Hindi)


ارسطو

ur-proper noun

اَرَسطُو • (arastū) m (Hindi spelling अरस्तू)

اَرَسطُو (canonical)
arastū (romanization)
अरस्तू (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian ارسطو (arastū), from Arabic أَرِسْطُو (ʔarisṭū), from Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs).

der

Arabic أَرِسْطُو (ʔarisṭū)


بعل

Borrowed from Arabic بَعْل (baʕl), from Proto-Semitic *baʕl-.


آشا

Borrowed from Sanskrit आशा (āśā). Doublet of آس (ās).

a female given name, Asha, from Sanskrit, of Hindu or Indian usage


پنجاب

ur-proper noun

پَنْجاب • (panjāb) m (Hindi spelling पंजाब)

پَنْجاب (canonical)
panjāb (romanization)
पंजाब (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb), from پنج (panj, “five”) and آب (āb, “water”), essentially a calque of Sanskrit पञ्चनद (pañcanada, “five rivers”).

cog

Punjab (a province of Pakistan, Western Punjab; capital: Lahore)

Punjab (a state of India, Eastern Punjab; capital: Chandigarh)


تھائی لینڈ

ur-proper noun

تھائِی لَینْڈ

تھائِی لَینْڈ • (thāī lainḍ) m (Hindi spelling थाईलैंड)

تھائِی لَینْڈ (canonical)
thāī lainḍ (romanization)
थाईलैंड (Hindi)

/t̪ʰɑː.iː lɛːnɖ/


شام

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Borrowed from Classical Persian شام (šām, “Greater Syria; Levant”), from Arabic الشَّام (aš-šām, “Levant; Damascus”).

der

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

(by extension) Greater Syria, the Levant (a region of Western Asia, in the Middle East)


مردان

ur-proper noun

مَرْدان • (mardān) m (Hindi spelling मरदान)

مَرْدان (canonical)
mardān (romanization)
मरदान (Hindi)

From Pashto مردان (mardān), Classical Persian مردان (mardān) ("men").

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#English

Mardan (a city in Mardan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)


مریم

مَرْیَم • (maryam) f (Hindi spelling मरियम)

مَرْیَم (canonical)
maryam (romanization)
मरियम (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian مریم (maryam), from Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam), from Aramaic מרים (maryam).


موسی

مُوسیٰ (canonical)
mūsā (romanization)
मूसा (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā), from Biblical Hebrew.


آخن

آخَن (canonical)
āxan (romanization)
आख़न (Hindi)

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Aachen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).


فارس

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَارِس (fāris), from Arabic فَارِس (fāris), from Early New Persian پَارْس (pārs, “Persia, Persis”).

شَہَنْشاہِ فارِس


بیروت

ur-proper noun

بَیرُوت • (bairūt) m (Hindi spelling बैरूत)

بَیرُوت (canonical)
bairūt (romanization)
बैरूत (Hindi)


خان

Borrowed from Classical Persian خان (xān).


دیوناگری

ur-proper noun

دیْوناگْری • (deonāgrī) f (Hindi spelling देवनागरी)

دیْوناگْری (canonical)
deonāgrī (romanization)
देवनागरी (Hindi)

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit देवनागरी (Devánāgarī).


سوریہ

ur-proper noun

سُورِیَہ • (sūriya) m (Hindi spelling सूरिया)

سُورِیَہ (canonical)
sūriya (romanization)
सूरिया (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian سُورِیَه (sūriya), from Arabic سُورِيَة (sūriya).

bor+

شام شام#Urdu

Synonym of شام (śām): Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


شلا

Three Kingdoms of Korea
w:Three Kingdoms of Korea

Silla (one of the ancient Three Kingdoms of Korea)


یورپ

ur-proper noun

یُورَپ • (yūrap) m (Hindi spelling यूरप)

یُورَپ (canonical)
yūrap (romanization)
यूरप (Hindi)

Borrowed from English Europe, ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

یورپی اتحاد
یورپی اتحاد#Urdu

Ellipsis of یورپی اتحاد (yūrapī ittihād, “European Union”).


شاہ مکھی

شاہ مکھی • (śāh-mukhī) f (Hindi spelling शाहमुखी)

śāh-mukhī (romanization)
शाहमुखी (Hindi)

/ʃɑːɦ.mʊ.kʰiː/

Borrowed from Punjabi شاہ مکھی (shahmukhī, “of or belonging to the royal tongue”) from شاہ (shāh, “king, emperor, shah”) + مکھ (mukh, “mouth”) coined after گرمکھی (gurmukhī).


گرمکھی

ur-proper noun

گرمکھی • (gurmukhī) f (Hindi spelling गुरमुखी)

Borrowed from Punjabi ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ (gurmukhī, “of or relating to the Guru-oriented people”).


کرشن

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa). Doublet of کنھیا (kanhaiyā, inherited) and کشن (kiśan, semi-learned borrowing).

doublet

a male given name, Krishna, from Sanskrit, of Hindu usage


سرسوتی

ur-prop

سَرَسْوَتی or سرسوتی • (sarasvatī or sarsūtī) f (Hindi spelling सरस्वती or सरसूती)

سَرَسْوَتی (canonical)
سرسوتی (canonical)
sarasvatī (romanization)
sarsūtī (romanization)
सरस्वती (Hindi)
सरसूती (Hindi)
سَرَسْوَتی (direct singular)
سَرَسْوَتی (oblique singular)
سَرَسْوَتی (singular vocative)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सरस्वती (sarasvatī). Doublet of سرسائی (sarsā'ī).

lbor

(Hinduism) A legendary river in the Rigveda.

a female given name, Sarasvati, from Sanskrit, of Hindu usage


حمل

Borrowed from Classical Persian حمل (hamal), from Arabic حَمَل (ḥamal).


کائنات

ur-proper noun

کائِنات • (kāināt) f (Hindi spelling काइनात)

کائِنات (canonical)
kāināt (romanization)
काइनात (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian کائنات (kâ'inât), itself Arabic كَائِنَات (kāʔināt), the plural form of كَائِن (kāʔin).

bor

Arabic كَائِنَات (kāʔināt)


بخارا

ur-proper noun

بخارا • (buxārā) ? (Hindi spelling बुख़ारा)

Borrowed from Classical Persian بخارا (buxārā).


سمرقند

Borrowed from Classical Persian سمرقند (samarqand).

Samarkand (a city in eastern Uzbekistan)


ثریا

ur-proper noun

ثُرَیّا • (suraiyā) f (Hindi spelling सुरैया)

ثُرَیّا (canonical)
suraiyā (romanization)
सुरैया (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian ثُرَیّا (surayyā), from Arabic ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā).

bor+

ur:ثریا (جھرمٹ)


مستونگ

ur-proper noun

مَسْتُون٘گ • (mastūṅg) ? (Hindi spelling मस्तूंग)

مَسْتُون٘گ (canonical)
mastūṅg (romanization)
मस्तूंग (Hindi)

A district in northwestern Balochistan, Pakistan


حب

حَب (canonical)
hab (romanization)
हब (Hindi)

Hub (a city in Hub district, Balochistan, Pakistan)


سنسکرت

سنسکرت • (sanskrit) f (Hindi spelling संस्कृत)

sanskrit (romanization)
संस्कृत (Hindi)
سنسکرت (direct singular)
سنسکرتیں (direct plural)
سنسکرت (oblique singular)
سنسکرتوں (oblique plural)
سنسکرت (singular vocative)
سنسکرتو (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संस्कृत (saṃskṛtá).


کرناٹک

ur-proper noun

کَرْناٹَک • (karnāṭak) m (Hindi spelling कर्नाटक)

کَرْناٹَک (canonical)
karnāṭak (romanization)
कर्नाटक (Hindi)

Transliteration of Hindi कर्नाटक (karnāṭak)


کھڑی بولی

ur-proper noun

کھڑی بولی • (khaṛī bolī) f (Hindi spelling खड़ी बोली)

khaṛī bolī (romanization)
खड़ी बोली (Hindi)


مہاراشٹر

مَہاراشْٹَر • (mahārāśṭar) m (Hindi spelling महाराष्ट्र)

مَہاراشْٹَر (canonical)
mahārāśṭar (romanization)
महाराष्ट्र (Hindi)

/mə.ɦɑː.ɾɑːʃ.ʈɾɑː/

/mə.ɦɑː.ɾɑːʃ.ʈəɾ/

Borrowed from Sanskrit महाराष्ट्र (mahārāṣṭra).

bor+

Maharashtra (a state of India; capital: Mumbai)


اودھی

ur-proper noun

اودھی • (avadhī) f (Hindi spelling अवधी)

/ə.ʋə.d̪ʱiː/


آندھرا پردیش

आंध्र प्रदेश

آندھرا پردیش • (Āndhrā Pradeś) m (Hindi spelling आंध्र प्रदेश)

Āndhrā Pradeś (romanization)
आंध्र प्रदेश (Hindi)

/ɑːn.d̪ʱɾə.pɾə.d̪eːʃ/

ur:آندھرا پردیش


ماسکو

ماسْکو • (māsko) m (Hindi spelling मास्को)

ماسْکو (canonical)
māsko (romanization)
मास्को (Hindi)

Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)


روس

رُوس (canonical)
rūs (romanization)
रूस (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian روس (rūs), from Arabic رُوس (rūs), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ).

bor+

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


دمشق

ur-proper noun

دَمِشْق • (damiśq) m (Hindi spelling दमिश्क़)

دَمِشْق (canonical)
damiśq (romanization)
दमिश्क़ (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian دمشق (damišq), from Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq).


مسقط

ur-proper noun

مَسْقَط • (masqat) m (Hindi spelling मस्क़त)

مَسْقَط (canonical)
masqat (romanization)
मस्क़त (Hindi)


طرابلس

طَرابُلُس • (tarābulus) m (Hindi spelling तराबुलुस)

طَرابُلُس (canonical)
tarābulus (romanization)
तराबुलुस (Hindi)

ur:طرابلس، لبنان
ur:طرابلس، لیبیا

Borrowed from Arabic طَرَابُلُس (ṭarābulus), from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).


استونیا

ur-proper noun

استونیا • (istūnīā) m


لالیوڈ

لالیوڈ • (Lālīvuḍ) ?

From Lahore and Hollywood; influenced by Bollywood, a nickname for the Indian film industry, based in Bombay.

Lollywood, a nickname for the Pakistani film industry, based in Lahore


تبریز

تَبْریز • (tabrez) m (Hindi spelling तबरेज़)

تَبْریز (canonical)
tabrez (romanization)
तबरेज़ (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian تبریز (tabrēz).

bor+

Tabriz (a city in East Azerbaijan, Iran)


حلب

حَلَب (canonical)
halab (romanization)
हलब (Hindi)

Aleppo (the capital city of Aleppo governorate, Syria)


محسن

ur-proper noun

مُحْسِن • (muhsin) m (Hindi spelling मोहसिन)

مُحْسِن (canonical)
muhsin (romanization)
मोहसिन (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُحْسِن (muhsin), from Arabic مُحْسِن (muḥsin).


ویتنام

ur-proper noun

وِیَتْنَام • (viyatnām) m (Hindi spelling वियतनाम)

وِیَتْنَام (canonical)
viyatnām (romanization)
वियतनाम (Hindi)

Borrowed from English Vietnam, from Vietnamese Việt Nam.


جناح

جِناح • (jināh) m or f by sense (Hindi spelling जिनाह)

جِناح (canonical)
jināh (romanization)
जिनाह (Hindi)

a surname, Jinnah, originating as a patronymic


نئی دہلی

نَئِی دِہْلی

نَئِی دِہْلی • (naī dihlī) f (Hindi spelling नई देहली)

نَئِی دِہْلی (canonical)
naī dihlī (romanization)
नई देहली (Hindi)

Calque of Hindi नई दिल्ली (naī dillī), equivalent to نئی (naī, “new”) + دہلی (dihlī, “Delhi”). Compare Punjabi نَوِیْں دِلّی (nauiīṉ dillī) / Punjabi ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ (navī̃ dillī).

cog

نَوِیْں دِلّی


اسلام آباد

ur-proper noun

اِسْلام آباد

اِسْلام آباد • (islām-ābād) m (Hindi spelling इस्लामाबाद)

اِسْلام آباد (canonical)
islām-ābād (romanization)
इस्लामाबाद (Hindi)

اِسْ‧لام‧آ‧باد

af

اسلام (islām) + آباد (-ābād)

Islamabad (the capital city of Pakistan)

اننت ناگ
اننت ناگ#Urdu

Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir#English

Synonym of اننت ناگ (Anantnag (a city in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir))

اننت ناگ

(loosely, Ahmadiyya) Tilford (a civil parish of Surrey, South East, England)

the former name of Chittagong, a city in Bangladesh


بیجنگ

ur-proper noun

بیجنگ • (bejiṅg) m (Hindi spelling बेजिंग)

/beː.d͡ʒɪŋɡ/

Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)


نستعلیق

نستعلیق • (nastālīq) f (Hindi spelling नस्तालीक़)

nastālīq (romanization)
नस्तालीक़ (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian نستعلیق (nasta'līq), of Arabic origin.

bor+

(calligraphy) Nastaliq, Nastaleeq (style of calligraphy)


بیلاروس

ur-proper noun

بیلارُوس • (belārūs) m (Hindi spelling बेलारूस)

بیلارُوس (canonical)
belārūs (romanization)
बेलारूस (Hindi)


یوکرین

یُوکْرین • (yūkren) m (Hindi spelling यूक्रेन)

یُوکْرین (canonical)
yūkren (romanization)
यूक्रेन (Hindi)

Ukraine (a country in Europe; capital: Kyiv)


کشمیر

ur-noun

کَشْمِیر • (kaśmīr) m (Hindi spelling कश्मीर)

کَشْمِیر (canonical)
kaśmīr (romanization)
कश्मीर (Hindi)

→ English: Cashmere, cashmere

→ English: Kashmir (learned)

Borrowed from Classical Persian کشمیر (kašmīr), potentially also a learned borrowing from Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra), which is probably a contraction of कश्यपमीर (kaśyapamīra) or कश्यपमेरु (kaśyapameru). Compare Kashmiri کٔشیٖر (kạśīr).

lbor

Indian subcontinent
Indian subcontinent#English

Kashmir (a region of Indian subcontinent in South Asia).

Azad Kashmir (an autonomous territory administered by Pakistan; capital: Muzaffarabad)

Jammu Kashmir (a union territory of India; capitals: Srinagar and Jammu)


ہندی

ur-proper noun

ہِنْدی • (hindī) f (Hindi spelling हिंदी)

ہِنْدی (canonical)
hindī (romanization)
हिंदी (Hindi)

Modern Standard Hindi: a khariboli based tongue which happens to be standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language.

(linguistics) All the lects in the Hindi Belt, which also includes lects that do not belong to the Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages.

(obsolete) A dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Urdu.


جاپان

جاپان • (jāpān) m (Hindi spelling जापान)

/d͡ʒɑː.pɑːn/

Etymology tree
Hokkien 日本／Ji̍t-púnbor.
Malay Jepangbor.
Portuguese Japãobor.
Malay Jepangbor.
Dutch Japanbor.
English Japanbor.
Urdu جاپان (jāpān)
Borrowed from English Japan.

etymon

Japan (a country and archipelago in East Asia)


میانمار

ur-proper noun

مِیَانْمَار • (miyānmār) m (Hindi spelling मियअन्मार)

مِیَانْمَار (canonical)
miyānmār (romanization)
मियअन्मार (Hindi)


بحرین

بَحْرِین • (bahrīn) m (Hindi spelling बहरीन)

بَحْرِین (canonical)
bahrīn (romanization)
बहरीन (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic الْبَحْرَيْن (al-baḥrayn), possibly influenced by Persian بحرین (bahreyn).

bor+

الْبَحْرَيْن

Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)

Bahrain (a town in Swat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)


لوط

لُوط (canonical)
lūṭ (romanization)
लूत (Hindi)


ایبٹ آباد

ur-proper noun

ایبٹ آباد • (aibṭ-ābād) m (Hindi spelling ऐब्टाबाद)

aibṭ-ābād (romanization)
ऐब्टाबाद (Hindi)

/ɛːb.ʈɑː.bɑːd̪/

ur:ایبٹ آباد


وزیرستان

وزیرستان • (vazīristān) m (Hindi spelling वजीरिस्तान or वज़ीरिस्तान)

vazīristān (romanization)
वजीरिस्तान (Hindi)
वज़ीरिस्तान (Hindi)

Waziristan (a mountainous region in northwestern Pakistan)


بشیر

a male given name from Arabic. Bashir, Basheer


پاکستانی

ur-noun

پاکِسْتانی • (pākistānī) m or f (Hindi spelling पाकिस्तानी)

پاکِسْتانی (canonical)
pākistānī (romanization)
पाकिस्तानी (Hindi)
پاکِستانی (direct singular)
پاکِستانی (direct plural)
پاکِستانی (oblique singular)
پاکِستانِیوں (oblique plural)
پاکِستانی (singular vocative)
پاکِستانِیو (plural vocative)
پاکِستانی (direct singular)
پاکِستانِیاں (direct plural)
پاکِستانی (oblique singular)
پاکِستانِیوں (oblique plural)
پاکِستانی (singular vocative)
پاکِستانِیو (plural vocative)

ur-decl-noun

پاکِستانِیوں

پاکِستانِیاں

پاکِستانِیوں

From پاکِسْتان (pākistān, “Pakistan”) + ـی (-ī).


بہمن

Borrowed from Classical Persian بهمن (bahman), ultimately from Old Persian *Vahumanah (literally “good mind”).

der

Bahman, the eleventh month of the solar Persian calendar.


بنگلہ دیش

ur-proper noun

بَن٘گْلَہ دیش

بَن٘گْلَہ دیش • (baṅgla deś) m (Hindi spelling बांग्लादेश)

بَن٘گْلَہ دیش (canonical)
baṅgla deś (romanization)
बांग्लादेश (Hindi)

/bəŋ.ɡlɑː d̪eːʃ/

بَن٘گْ‧لَہ‧دیش


امریکا

اَمْرِیکا • (amrīkā) m (Hindi spelling अमरीका)

اَمْرِیکا (canonical)
amrīkā (romanization)
अमरीका (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic أَمْرِيكَا (ʔamrīkā), possibly influenced by Persian امریکا (amrikâ).

bor+

United States of America
United States of America

America (the United States of America, a country in North America)


تمنا

ur-proper noun

تَمَنَّا • (tamannā) f (Hindi spelling तमन्ना)

تَمَنَّا (canonical)
tamannā (romanization)
तमन्ना (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَمَنَّا (tamannā), from Arabic تَمَنَّى (tamannā).


فراز

ur-proper noun

فَراز • (farāz) m (Hindi spelling फ़राज़)

فَراز (canonical)
farāz (romanization)
फ़राज़ (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian فراز (farāz, “height; tall”), from Middle Persian.


لکشمی

ur-proper noun

لکشمی • (lakśmī) f (Hindi spelling लक्ष्मी)

Borrowed from Sanskrit लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī).

a female given name, Lakshmi, from Sanskrit, of Hindu usage.


قبرص

قِبْرِص • (qibris) m (Hindi spelling क़िब्रिस)

قِبْرِص (canonical)
qibris (romanization)
क़िब्रिस (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic قُبْرُص (qubruṣ), likely influenced by Persian قبرس (qebres).

Cyprus (an island in the Mediterranean Sea between the regions Europe and Middle East).


اسفندیار

اسفندیار • (isfandiyār) m (Hindi spelling इस्फ़ंदियार)

isfandiyār (romanization)
इस्फ़ंदियार (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اسفندیار (isfandiyār).

bor+

name of the son of Gishtāsb, of the first dynasty of Persian kings.


نال

Nall (a city in Khuzdar district, Balochistan, Pakistan)


زنگبار

ur-proper noun

زَن٘گْبار • (zaṅgbār) m (Hindi spelling ज़ंगबार)

زَن٘گْبار (canonical)
zaṅgbār (romanization)
ज़ंगबार (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian زنگبار (zaṅgibār). By surface analysis, زَن٘گ (zaṅg) + بار (bār).


ہند

ہِنْد (canonical)
hind (romanization)
हिंद (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian هند (hind), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), ultimately from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “stream”). Doublet of سندھ (sindh) and انڈیا (inḍiyā).

doublet

تَعْزِیرَاتِ ہِنْد

آئِینِ ہِنْد

پاک ہند سرحد


عظیم

ur-proper noun

عَظِیم • ('azīm) ? (indeclinable, Hindi spelling अज़ीम)

عَظِیم (canonical)
'azīm (romanization)
अज़ीम (Hindi)


اٹک

Attock (a district containing this city)


لالی وڈ

لالی وڈ • (Lālī Vuḍ) ? (Hindi spelling लॉलीवुड)

From Lahore and Hollywood; influenced by بالی وڈ (bālī oḍ, “Bollywood”), a nickname for the Indian film industry, based in Bombay.

Lollywood, a nickname for the Pakistani film industry, based in Lahore.


حسین

حُسَین • (husain) m (Hindi spelling हुसैन)

حُسَین (canonical)
husain (romanization)
हुसैन (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian حسین (husayn), itself from Arabic حُسَيْن (ḥusayn).

bor+

(Islam) Husayn, a son of Ali and brother of Hasan; a martyr, and Shi'a Imam.

a male given name, Hussain or Husain, from Arabic


تاتارستان

ur-proper noun

تاتارستان • (Tātāristān) ?

Tatarstan (a republic of eastern Russia)


برما

Burma, Myanmar (country in Southeast Asia)


وسنت

وَسَنْت • (vasant) m (Hindi spelling वसंत)

وَسَنْت (canonical)
vasant (romanization)
वसंत (Hindi)
وَسَنْت (direct singular)
وَسَنْت (direct plural)
وَسَنْت (oblique singular)
وَسَنْتوں (oblique plural)
وَسَنْت (singular vocative)
وَسَنْتو (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasantá). Doublet of بَہار (bahār) and بَسَنْت (basant).


بسنت

ur-proper noun

بَسَنْت • (basant) m (Hindi spelling बसंत)

بَسَنْت (canonical)
basant (romanization)
बसंत (Hindi)
بَسَنْت (direct singular)
بَسَنْت (direct plural)
بَسَنْت (oblique singular)
بَسَنْتوں (oblique plural)
بَسَنْت (singular vocative)
بَسَنْتو (plural vocative)

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasantá). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi بسنت (bsnt /basant/). Doublet of بَہار (bahār) and وَسَنْت (vasant).

ref

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

doublet

a male given name, Basant, of Hindu or Indian usage


کنعان

ur-proper noun

کَنْعان • (kan'ān) m (Hindi spelling कनआन)

کَنْعان (canonical)
kan'ān (romanization)
कनआन (Hindi)


جاوید

جاوید • (jāved) m (Hindi spelling जावेद)

/d͡ʒɑː.ʋeːd̪/

/d͡ʒɑː.ʋiːd̪/

From Classical Persian جاوید (jāwēd, “eternal”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (yʾwyt' /jāwēd/, “eternal”).

der

a male given name, Javed or Jawed, from Persian


مملکت متحدہ

ur-proper noun

مَمْلَکَتِ مُتَّحِدَہ

مَمْلَکَتِ مُتَّحِدَہ • (mamlakat-i muttahida) f (Hindi spelling मम्लकति मुत्तहिदा)

مَمْلَکَتِ مُتَّحِدَہ (canonical)
mamlakat-i muttahida (romanization)
मम्लकति मुत्तहिदा (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic الْمَمْلَكَة الْمُتَّحِدَة (al-mamlaka l-muttaḥida).

bor+

الْمَمْلَكَة الْمُتَّحِدَة


یونائٹڈ کنگڈم

ur-proper noun

یُونائِٹِڈ کِن٘گْڈَم

यूनाइटेड किंगडम

یُونائِٹِڈ کِن٘گْڈَم • (yūnāiṭiḍ kiṅgḍam) m (Hindi spelling यूनाइटेड किंगडम)

یُونائِٹِڈ کِن٘گْڈَم (canonical)
yūnāiṭiḍ kiṅgḍam (romanization)
यूनाइटेड किंगडम (Hindi)

/juː.nɑː.ɪ.ʈɪɖ kɪŋɡ.ɖəm/


گجراتی

ur-noun

گُجْراتی • (gujrātī) f (Hindi spelling गुजराती)

گُجْراتی (canonical)
gujrātī (romanization)
गुजराती (Hindi)

/ɡʊd͡ʒ.ɾɑː.t̪iː/

suffix

گُجْرات (gujrāt) + ـی (-ī)


سنگاپور

ur-proper noun

سِن٘گاپُور • (siṅgāpūr) m (Hindi spelling सिंगापुर)

سِن٘گاپُور (canonical)
siṅgāpūr (romanization)
सिंगापुर (Hindi)

/sɪŋ.ɡɑː.puːɾ/

Ultimately inherited from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhapura).

inh+

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)


بنگال

ur-proper noun

بَن٘گال • (baṅgāl) m (Hindi spelling बंगाल)

بَن٘گال (canonical)
baṅgāl (romanization)
बंगाल (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian بنگال (bangāl), ultimately derived from Sanskrit वङ्ग (vaṅga), the name of the Vanga Kingdom.

bor+

Indian Subcontinent
Indian Subcontinent#English

Bengal (a former province of the Indian Subcontinent, now divided into the modern-day West Bengal in India and Bangladesh)


گجرات

ur-proper noun

گُجْرات • (gujrāt) m (Hindi spelling गुजरात)

گُجْرات (canonical)
gujrāt (romanization)
गुजरात (Hindi)

Borrowed from Punjabi گُجْرات (gujrāt), derived from the name of the Gujjars.

/ɡʊd͡ʒᵊ.ɾɑːt̪/


گجرات

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (gujjarattā), from Sanskrit गुर्जरत्रा (gurjaratrā, “country of the Gurjaras”), from गुर्जर (gurjara, “Gurjaras”).
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der

/ɡʊd͡ʒᵊ.ɾɑːt̪/


سکندر

ur-proper noun

سکندر • (sikandar) m (Hindi spelling सिकंदर)

pl:Agnieszka Kuczkiewicz-Fraś
pl:Księgarnia Akademicka

Borrowed from Classical Persian سِکَنْدَر (sikandar, “Alexander The Great”), from Middle Persian swkndl (sikandar), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros). First attested in c. 1503 as Middle Hindi سکندر (skndr /sikandar/).

ref

Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “sikandar”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 778.

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

سِکَنْدَری

glory and splendor like Alexander's, pretaining to Alexander the Great

سَدِ سِکَنْدَر

wall of Alexander, a wall created by Alexander the Great to defend earth from Gog and Magog

سِکَنْدَر نِژاد

(poetically, metaphorically) of the race of Alexander the Great, Alexander-like, brave

Alexander the Great; king of Macedon whose undefeated campaign spanned across much of Western Asia, Egypt and into the Indian subcontinent, establishing one of the largest empires in classical antiquity.

a male given name, Sikandar, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander


دوالی

ur-proper noun

دِوالِی • (divālī) f (Hindi spelling दिवाली)

دِوالِی (canonical)
divālī (romanization)
दिवाली (Hindi)
دِوالِی (direct singular)
دِوالِِیاں (direct plural)
دِوالِی (oblique singular)
دِوالِِیوں (oblique plural)
دِوالِی (singular vocative)
دِوالِِیو (plural vocative)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dīvālī), 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀸𑀯𑀮𑀻 (dīvāvalī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali), दीपावली (dīpāvalī). Doublet of دِیپاوَلِی (dīpāvalī).


احمد

اَحْمَد • (aḥmad) m (Hindi spelling अहमद)

اَحْمَد (canonical)
aḥmad (romanization)
अहमद (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَحْمَد (ahmad), from Arabic أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad).

bor+

a male given name, Ahmed or Ahmad, from Arabic

a male surname, Ahmed or Ahmad, from Arabic


سلیمان

ur-proper noun

سُلَیمان • (sulaimān) m (Hindi spelling सुलेमान)

سُلَیمان (canonical)
sulaimān (romanization)
सुलेमान (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian سلیمان (soleymân), from Arabic سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān).

bor+

a male given name, Suleman or Sulaiman, from Arabic


اوہائیو

ur-proper noun

اوہائیو • (ohāiyo) ? (Hindi spelling ओहायो)


لتھوینیا

لِتُھوینِیا • (lithueniyā) m (Hindi spelling लिथुआनिया)

لِتُھوینِیا (canonical)
lithueniyā (romanization)
लिथुआनिया (Hindi)

لِت‧ھُو‧ے‧نِ‧یا


بعث

بعث • (baʻs̱) m


داعش

داعِش (canonical)
dā'iś (romanization)
दाइश (Hindi)


یوسف

يُوسُف • (yūsuf) m (Hindi spelling यूसुफ़)

يُوسُف (canonical)
yūsuf (romanization)
यूसुफ़ (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian یُوسُف (yūsuf), from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf).

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Joseph (12th sura (chapter) of the Quran)


پنجشیر

ur-proper noun

پَنْجْشیر • (panjśer) m (Hindi spelling पंजशेर)

پَنْجْشیر (canonical)
panjśer (romanization)
पंजशेर (Hindi)

پنج شیر
پنج شیر#Urdu

Alternative form of پنج شیر (panj śer, “Panjshir”)


طالبان

طالبان • (tālibān) ?

Taliban (a Deobandi Islamist and largely Pashtun religious political movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994 by mullah Mohammad Omar, which has governed the country from 1996 to 2001 and since 2021)


جنوری

جنوری • (janvarī) f (Hindi spelling जनवरी)

/d͡ʒən.ʋə.ɾiː/


اسماعیل

اِسْماعِیل • (ismā‘īl) m (Hindi spelling इसमाईल)

اِسْماعِیل (canonical)
ismā‘īl (romanization)
इसमाईल (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اسماعیل (ismā'īl), from Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl).

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Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl)


دسمبر

ur-proper noun

دسمبر • (disambar) m (Hindi spelling दिसंबर)


قصور

قَصُور • (qasūr) m (Hindi spelling क़सूर)

قَصُور (canonical)
qasūr (romanization)
क़सूर (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian قُصُور (qusūr), from Arabic قُصُور (quṣūr), plural of قَصْر (qaṣr).

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Kasur (a city in Kasur district, Punjab, Pakistan)


عمران

ur-proper noun

عِمْرَان • ('imrān) m (Hindi spelling इमरान)

عِمْرَان (canonical)
'imrān (romanization)
इमरान (Hindi)

a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Imran


صالح

صالِح • (sālih) m (Hindi spelling सालिह)

صالِح (canonical)
sālih (romanization)
सालिह (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian صَالِح (sālih), from Arabic صَالِح (ṣāliḥ).


حضرت

ur-proper noun

حَضْرَت • (hazrat) m (formal plural حضرات, Hindi spelling हज़रत)

حَضْرَت (canonical)
hazrat (romanization)
حضرات (formal plural)
हज़रत (Hindi)

→ English: Hazrat

Borrowed from Classical Persian حضرت (hazrat), from Arabic حَضْرَة (ḥaḍra).

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Hadrat (a title applied to any great man, his Majesty, Highness, Excellency, Eminence, Worship, or Holiness, etc. (when so used respectfully instead of a pronoun or name the gender of the person to whom it has reference is adopted)


طلعت

ur-proper noun

طَلْعَت • (tal'at) m (Hindi spelling तलत)

طَلْعَت (canonical)
tal'at (romanization)
तलत (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian طلعت (tal'at), from Arabic طَلْعَة (ṭalʕa).


نیل

Borrowed from Classical Persian نیل (nīl), from Arabic النِيل (an-nīl).

دریائے نیل


افلاطون

ur-proper noun

اَفْلاطُون • (aflātūn) m (Hindi spelling अफ़्लातून)

اَفْلاطُون (canonical)
aflātūn (romanization)
अफ़्लातून (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic أَفْلَاطُون (ʔaflāṭūn), from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).


ایوب

ur-proper noun

اَیُّوب • (ayyūb) m (Hindi spelling अय्यूब)

اَیُّوب (canonical)
ayyūb (romanization)
अय्यूब (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَیُّوب (ayyūb), from Arabic أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb).


لوقا

لُوقا (canonical)
lūqā (romanization)
लूक़ा (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian لوقا (lūqā), from Arabic لُوقَا (lūqā), from Classical Syriac ܠܘܩܐ, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs).


فرات

ur-proper noun

فُرات • (furāt, farāt) m (Hindi spelling फ़रात)

فُرات (canonical)
furāt (romanization)
farāt (romanization)
फ़रात (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian فرات (furāt), from Arabic الْفُرَات (al-furāt), ultimately from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^(ÍD)Purattu).

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Euphrates (a river in the Middle East, 2780 kilometers in length, flowing southwest from Turkey, then southeast, and uniting with the Tigris before entering the Persian Gulf)


ویکیپیڈیا

ur-proper noun

ویکیپیڈیا • (vikipīḍiyā) m (Hindi spelling विकिपीडिया)

vikipīḍiyā (romanization)
विकिपीडिया (Hindi)


جرمنی

جَرْمَنی • (jarmanī) m (Hindi spelling जर्मनी)

جَرْمَنی (canonical)
jarmanī (romanization)
जर्मनी (Hindi)

Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)


فرانس

فْران٘س or فْرانْس • (frā̃s or frāns) m (Hindi spelling फ़्राँस)

فْران٘س (canonical)
فْرانْس (canonical)
frā̃s (romanization)
frāns (romanization)
फ़्राँस (Hindi)


نپولین

نپولین • (napoliyan) m (Hindi spelling नेपोलियन)

napoliyan (romanization)
नेपोलियन (Hindi)


دلی

دِلّی • (dillī) f (Hindi spelling दिल्ली)

دِلّی (canonical)
dillī (romanization)
दिल्ली (Hindi)

Transliteration of Hindi दिल्ली (dillī).

دِہْلی دہلی#Urdu

(India, informal) Alternative form of دِہْلی (dihlī, “Delhi”)


جھولے لال

جھولے لال • (Jhūle Lāl) m (Hindi spelling झूले लाल)

Jhūle Lāl (romanization)
झूले लाल (Hindi)

From لال (lāl, “red”) denoting the red attire worn by him.

توں ایں میرا لجپال، جی سیہونی لال

You are my preserver-of-honour, oh the red one of Sehwan.

Syed Muhammad Usman Marwandi; a Sufi philosopher-poet from Afghanistan buried in modern-day Sindh


ہندوستان

ہِنْدوسْتان • (hindostān) m (Hindi spelling हिन्दुस्तान)

ہِنْدوسْتان (canonical)
hindostān (romanization)
हिन्दुस्तान (Hindi)

ہِنْ‧دُوسْ‧تان

Borrowed from Classical Persian هندوستان (hindustān). Equivalent to ہندو (hindū, “Indian”) + ـستان (-stān, “-land”).

suffix

(archaic) Hindustan, the Indian Subcontinent


شینا

Borrowed from Shina ݜݨیاٗ (ṣiṇyaá), from Sanskrit श्रेण्यक (śreṇyaka), from श्रेण्य (śreṇya, “tribesman”).


مالٹا

ur-proper noun

مالْٹا • (mālṭā) m (Hindi spelling माल्टा)

مالْٹا (canonical)
mālṭā (romanization)
माल्टा (Hindi)


ادویت

ادویت • (advait) m (Hindi spelling अद्वैत)


ہندومت

From ہندو (“Hindu”) + مت (mat, “belief, creed”).


پولس

ur-proper noun

پَولُس • (paulus) m (Hindi spelling पौलुस)

پَولُس (canonical)
paulus (romanization)
पौलुस (Hindi)

From Ancient Greek Παῦλος (Paûlos), from Latin Paulus.

(Christianity) Paul (of Tarsus), author of several books of the New Testament

a male given name from Ancient Greek, Paul


شہلا

شَہْلا • (śahlā) f (Hindi spelling शहला)

شَہْلا (canonical)
śahlā (romanization)
शहला (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic شَهْلَاء (šahlāʔ), feminine singular of أَشْهَل (ʔašhal).

a female given name, Shahla, from Arabic


کرویشیا

کرویشیا • (kroeśiyā) m (Hindi spelling क्रोएशिया)

kroeśiyā (romanization)
क्रोएशिया (Hindi)

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


بونا

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀫𑀡 (vāmaṇa), from Sanskrit वामन (vāmaná). Doublet of وامن (vāman), a tatsama.


یشوع

یَشُوع (canonical)
yaśū' (romanization)
यशू (Hindi)


یسوع

یَسُوع (canonical)
yasū' (romanization)
यसू (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic يَسُوع (yasūʕ), from Aramaic ישוע (yešú‘), from Hebrew ישוע (yešûa‘), a contracted form of יהושע (yəhôšua‘, “Joshua”).


ہندو مت

ur-proper noun

ہندو مت • (hindū-mat) f (Hindi spelling हनदो मत)

hindū-mat (romanization)
हनदो मत (Hindi)

ہندومت ہندومت#Urdu


بدھ مت

بدھ مت • (buddh-mat) f (Hindi spelling बध मत)

From بدّھ (buddh, “Buddhist”) + مت (mat, “belief, creed”).


سکھ مت

ur-proper noun

سکھ مت • (sikh-mat) f (Hindi spelling सख मत)

From سکھ (“Sikh”) + مت (mat, “belief, creed”).


بدھ

بُدھ (canonical)
budh (romanization)
बुध (Hindi)

Shortened from بدھوار (budhvār), from Sanskrit बुधवार (budhavāra).


مہایان

ur-proper noun

مہایان • (mahāyān) m (Hindi spelling महायान)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna, literally “great vehicle”); equivalent to مہا (mahā, “great”) + یان (yān, “vehicle”).


یہودیت

ur-proper noun

یَہُودِیَت • (yahūdiyat) m (Hindi spelling यहूदियत)

یَہُودِیَت (canonical)
yahūdiyat (romanization)
यहूदियत (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian یَهُودِیَت (yahūdiyat), from Arabic يَهُودِيَّة (yahūdiyya). Equivalent to یَہُود (yahūd) + ـِیَت (-iyat).


یہودیت

ur-proper noun

یَہُودِیت • (yahūdīt) f (Hindi spelling यहूदीत)

یَہُودِیت (canonical)
yahūdīt (romanization)
यहूदीत (Hindi)

Borrowed from Hebrew יְהוּדִית (y'hudít, “woman from Judea, Jewess”).

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Judith - Wise Woman of Bethulia and the protagonist of the Biblical book of Judith


وشنو

ur-proper noun

وشنو • (viśnū) m (Hindi spelling विष्णु)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विष्णु (Víṣṇu).

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a male given name, Vishnu, from Sanskrit, of Hindu usage


کھجور کا اتوار

ur-proper noun

खजूर का इलवार

کھجور کا اتوار • (khajūr kā itvār) m (Hindi spelling खजूर का इलवार)

khajūr kā itvār (romanization)
खजूर का इलवार (Hindi)

ur:کھجور کا اتوار


پاروتی

پاروتی • (pārvatī or pārūtī) f (Hindi spelling पार्वती)

pārvatī (romanization)
pārūtī (romanization)
पार्वती (Hindi)

/pɑːɾ.ʋə.t̪iː/

Borrowed from Sanskrit पार्वती (pārvatī).

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a female given name, Parvati, from Sanskrit, of Hindu usage


شیو

ur-proper noun

شیو • (śīv or śaiv) m (Hindi spelling शिव)

śīv (romanization)
śaiv (romanization)
शिव (Hindi)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शिव (śiva).


رام

From Sanskrit राम (rāma). Cognate to Bengali রাম (ram), Punjabi رام (rām)/ਰਾਮ (rām), Marathi राम (rām), Nepali राम (rām).

رام جانے

a male given name, Ram, from Sanskrit, of Hindu usage


بائبل

ur-proper noun

بائبل • (bāibil) f (Hindi spelling बाइबिल)


کتاب مقدس

کِتابِ مُقَدَّس

किताब-ए-मुक़द्दस

کِتابِ مُقَدَّس • (kitāb-i muqaddas) f (Hindi spelling किताब-ए-मुक़द्दस)

کِتابِ مُقَدَّس (canonical)
kitāb-i muqaddas (romanization)
किताब-ए-मुक़द्दस (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian کِتابِ مُقَدَّس (kitāb-i muqaddas), from Arabic الْكِتَابُ الْمُقَدَّس (al-kitābu l-muqaddas, literally “the holy scripture”).

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کِتابِ مُقَدَّس

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الْكِتَابُ الْمُقَدَّس


یسعیاہ

ur-proper noun

یسعیاہ • (yasā'yāh) m (Hindi spelling यशायाह)

From Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū).

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יְשַׁעְיָהוּ

Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū)

the Book of Isaiah (one of the books of the Bible)

Isaiah (a prophet, the author of the Book of Isaiah)


متی

Borrowed from Classical Persian متی (mattā), from Arabic مَتَّى (mattā). The shift from final -ā to -ī could be due to mispronunciation of the alif maqsura.


نیا عہد نامہ

ur-proper noun

نیا عہد نامہ

نیا عہد نامہ • (nayā ahd-nāma) m (Hindi spelling निया अहद नामह)

nayā ahd-nāma (romanization)
निया अहद नामह (Hindi)

ur:نیا عہد نامہ


پرانا عہد نامہ

پرانا عہد نامہ

پرانا عہد نامہ • (purānā ahd-nāma) m (Hindi spelling पराना अहद नामह)

purānā ahd-nāma (romanization)
पराना अहद नामह (Hindi)

ur:پرانا عہد نامہ


اشعیا

اشعیا • (isha‘yá) m


یوحنا اصطباغی

यूहन्न इस्तबाग़ी

یوحنا اصطباغی • (yūhannā istabāḡi) m (Hindi spelling यूहन्न इस्तबाग़ी)

yūhannā istabāḡi (romanization)
यूहन्न इस्तबाग़ी (Hindi)

ur:یوحنا اصطباغی


یوحنا

یوحنا • (yūhannā) m (Hindi spelling यूहन्ना)

Borrowed from Classical Persian یوحنا (yūhannā), from Arabic يُوحَنَّا (yūḥannā), from Aramaic יוחנן (yoḥanan).

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Arabic يُوحَنَّا (yūḥannā)

یوحنا اصطباغی

John the Baptist (see also یحییٰ (ehyā))

یوحنا انجیلی

یوحنا رسول

یوحنا پتمسی

(Christianity) Any of the New Testament figures named John


کنواری مریم

ur-proper noun

कुँआरी मरियम

کنواری مریم • (kũvārī maryam) f (Hindi spelling कुँआरी मरियम)

kũvārī maryam (romanization)
कुँआरी मरियम (Hindi)

ur:کنواری مریم


دعائے ربانی

दुआ-ए-रब्बानी

دعائے ربانی • (duā-e-rabbānī) f (Hindi spelling दुआ-ए-रब्बानी)

duā-e-rabbānī (romanization)
दुआ-ए-रब्बानी (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian دعای ربانی (du'ā-yi rabbānī).

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ur:دعائے ربانی


یہوداہ اسکریوتی

ur-proper noun

यहूदा इस्करियोती

یہوداہ اسکریوتی • (Yahūdā Iskariyotī) m (Hindi spelling यहूदा इस्करियोती)

Yahūdā Iskariyotī (romanization)
यहूदा इस्करियोती (Hindi)

ur:یہوداہ اسکریوتی


ایسٹر

ایسٹر • (īsṭar) m (Hindi spelling ईस्टर)

īsṭar (romanization)
ईस्टर (Hindi)
ایسٹر (direct singular)
ایسٹر (direct plural)
ایسٹر (oblique singular)
ایسٹروں (oblique plural)
ایسٹر (singular vocative)
ایسٹرو (plural vocative)


کیتھولک

کیتھولک • (kaitholik) m (Hindi spelling कैथोलिक)

kaitholik (romanization)
कैथोलिक (Hindi)


کاتھولک

کاتھولک • (kātholik) m (Hindi spelling काथोलिक)


حبقوق

حبقوق • (habaqqūq) m (Hindi spelling हबक़्क़ूक़)

habaqqūq (romanization)
हबक़्क़ूक़ (Hindi)

Borrowed from Hebrew חֲבַקּוּק (khavakúk).


یرمیاہ

ur-proper noun

یرمیاہ • (Yirmiyāh) m (Hindi spelling यिर्मियाह)

Yirmiyāh (romanization)
यिर्मियाह (Hindi)

From Hebrew ירמיה (yir'mia, “Yahweh exalt”).

Jeremiah, a prophet; author of the Book of Jeremiah and the Lamentations


ہوسیع

ہوسیع • (hūsī'a) m (Hindi spelling हूसीआ)

From Hebrew הוֹשֵׁעַ (hoshea, “Salvation”).


ارمیا

ارمیا • (irmiyā) m (Hindi spelling इर्मिया)

From Arabic إِرْمِيَا (ʔirmiyā), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá).

(Roman Catholicism, Islam) Jeremiah, a prophet


جبرائیل

جِبْرائِیل • (jibrāīl) m (Hindi spelling जबराइल)

جِبْرائِیل (canonical)
jibrāīl (romanization)
जबराइल (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic جِبْرَائِيل (jibrāʔīl), ultimately from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gavri'él, gaḇrīʾēl). Doublet of جبریل (jibrīl).

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(religion, biblical) Gabriel (an archangel associated with carrying messages from God.)


روح القدس

Borrowed from Classical Persian روحالقدس (rūhu-l-quds), from Arabic رُوحُ القُدُس (rūḥu l-qudus).

der

رُوحُ القُدُس


ناصرت

ur-proper noun

ناصَرَت • (nāṣarat) m (Hindi spelling नासरत)

ناصَرَت (canonical)
nāṣarat (romanization)
नासरत (Hindi)

Ultimately from Arabic النَّاصِرَة (an-nāṣira) (where Hebrew נָצְרַת (náṣərat)), possibly influenced by Persian [Term?].

ناصِرَہ ناصرہ#Urdu

Alternative form of ناصِرَہ (nāsira, “Nazareth”)


ہوشیع

ہوشیع • (hūśī'a) m (Hindi spelling हूशीआ)

Borrowed from Hebrew הוֹשֵׁעַ (hoshea, “Salvation”).

bor+

(Roman Catholicism) Hosea (Biblical figure)


پاک روح

ur-proper noun

پاک روح • (pāk rūh) f (Hindi spelling पाक रूह)


بھدرا

بھدرا • (bhadrā) f (Hindi spelling भद्रा)


شیو مت

śiv-mat (romanization)
śaiv-mat (romanization)


مورمنیت

مورمنیت • (mŏrmaniyat) f (Hindi spelling मॉरमनियत)

mŏrmaniyat (romanization)
मॉरमनियत (Hindi)

suffix

مورمن + ـیت (-et)


ایلما

ur-proper noun

ایلما • (elmā) m

(Mormonism) One of two prophets, the Elder and the Younger, and a book (Book of Alma) in the Book of Mormon.


مورمن

مورمن • (mŏrman) m (Hindi spelling मॉरमन)


مورمن کی کتاب

मॉरमन की किताब

مورمن کی کتاب • (mŏrman kī kitāb) f (Hindi spelling मॉरमन की किताब)

mŏrman kī kitāb (romanization)
मॉरमन की किताब (Hindi)


بیت عنیاہ

بیت عنیاہ • (Bait-aniyyāh) m (Hindi spelling बैतमिय्याह)

Bait-aniyyāh (romanization)
बैतमिय्याह (Hindi)

From the Aramaic בית עניא (“house of suffering”).


حزقی ایل

حزقی ایل • (hizqīel) m (Hindi spelling हज़क़ी एल)

hizqīel (romanization)
हज़क़ी एल (Hindi)

Borrowed from Hebrew יחזקאל (y'ḥez'qel, “God strengthens”).


عہد نامہ جدید

ur-proper noun

عہد نامہ جدید

عہد نامہ جدید • (ahd-nāma jadīd) m (Hindi spelling अहद नामह जदेद)

ahd-nāma jadīd (romanization)
अहद नामह जदेद (Hindi)

ur:عہد نامہ جدید


عہد نامہ قدیم

عہد نامہ قدیم

عہد نامہ قدیم • (ahd-nāma qadīm) m (Hindi spelling अहद नामह क़देम)

ahd-nāma qadīm (romanization)
अहद नामह क़देम (Hindi)

ur:عہد نامہ قدیم


حزقیال

حزقیال • (hizqiāl) m (Hindi spelling हिज़क़ीआल)

hizqiāl (romanization)
हिज़क़ीआल (Hindi)


لاوی شیطانیت

لاوی شیطانیت • (lāvi šaitānyat) f

ur:لاوی شیطانیت


بہائیت

بہائیت • (bahāīyat) f (Hindi spelling बहाईयत)

Borrowed from Persian بهائیت (bahâ'iyat), from Arabic بَهَائِيَّة (bahāʔiyya).


بہاء اللہ

ur-proper noun

بَہاءُ اللّٰہ

بَہاءُ اللّٰہ • (bahāullāh) m (Hindi spelling बहाउल्लाह)

بَہاءُ اللّٰہ (canonical)
bahāullāh (romanization)
बहाउल्लाह (Hindi)

/bə.ɦɑː.ʊl.lɑːɦ/

Borrowed from Classical Persian بهاءالله (bahā'ullāh), from Arabic بَهَاءُ ٱللّٰه (bahāʔu llāh, literally “Glory of God”).

der

بَهَاءُ ٱللّٰه

ur:بہاء اللہ


کتاب اقدس

ur:کتاب اقدس


کتاب ایقان

ur-proper noun

کتاب ایقان • (kitāb-e-īqān) f (Hindi spelling कताब एक़ान)

kitāb-e-īqān (romanization)
कताब एक़ान (Hindi)


آریامن

آرْیَامَن • (āryāman) m (Hindi spelling आर्यमन)

آرْیَامَن (canonical)
āryāman (romanization)
आर्यमन (Hindi)
آریامن (direct singular)
آریامن (direct plural)
آریامن (oblique singular)
آریامنوں (oblique plural)
آریامن (singular vocative)
آریامنو (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अर्यमन् (aryamán), with influence from آرْیَہ (ārya, “noble”). Compare Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬥 (aⁱriiaman).

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a male given name, Aryaman, from Sanskrit, of Hindu usage


اوپر والا

ur-proper noun

اُوْپَر والا

اُوْپَر والا • (uvpar vālā) m (Hindi spelling ऊपरवाला)

اُوْپَر والا (canonical)
uvpar vālā (romanization)
ऊपरवाला (Hindi)

/uː.pəɾ ʋɑː.lɑː/

اوپر (ūpar, “up, above”) + ـوالا (-vālā, “one”), literally “the one above”.

suffix

(figurative) the one upstairs; God, the Supreme Being


یمراج

ur-proper noun

یمراج • (yamrāj) m (Hindi spelling यमराज)

Borrowed from Sanskrit यमराज (yamarāja).

(Hinduism, Buddhism) lord Yama, god of the underworld


امیتابھ

امیتابھ • (amitābh) m (Hindi spelling अमिताभ)

a male given name, equivalent to English Amitabh


امیتابھ بدھ

अमिताभ बुद्ध

امیتابھ بدھ • (amitābh buddh) m (Hindi spelling अमिताभ बुद्ध)

amitābh buddh (romanization)
अमिताभ बुद्ध (Hindi)

(Buddhism) Amitābha Buddha, the principal deity of Pure Land Buddhism.


بنارس

بنارس • (banāras) f (Hindi spelling बनारस)

Ultimately from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī).

Varanasi, Banaras, Benares, Kashi (a city in Uttar Pradesh, India, sacred to Hinduism and Jainism)


باہوبلی

باہوبلی • (bāhubalī) m (Hindi spelling बाहुबली)

Borrowed from Sanskrit बाहुबली (bāhubalī).

bor+

(Jainism) Bahubali, a Jain deity, son of Rishabhanatha.

a male given name, equivalent to English Bahubali


وارانسی

ur-proper noun

وارانسی • (vārāṇsī) f (Hindi spelling वाराणसी)

/ʋɑː.ɾɑːn.siː/

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī). Doublet of بنارس (banāras).


مغربی دیوار

ur-proper noun

مغربی دیوار • (mağribī dīvār) f


کنفیوشس

کنفیوشس • (kanfuśas) m (Hindi spelling कंफ़ुशस)

Borrowed from Latin Confucius, from Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ, “Master Kong”).


گلدستۂ تحریر

گلدستۂ تحریر

گلدستۂ تحریر • (guldasta-e-tehrīr) f (Hindi spelling गलदसत-ए-तहरेर)

guldasta-e-tehrīr (romanization)
गलदसत-ए-तहरेर (Hindi)

ur:گلدستۂ تحریر


تاؤ

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese 道 (dào, literally “The Way”).


مقدسہ مریم

मुक़द्दसा मरियम

مقدسہ مریم • (muqaddasā maryam) f (Hindi spelling मुक़द्दसा मरियम)

muqaddasā maryam (romanization)
मुक़द्दसा मरियम (Hindi)

ur:مقدسہ مریم


اودھ

Inherited from Sanskrit अयोध्या (ayodhyā).

inh+

Awadh (a historical region in Uttar Pradesh, India)


لنگایت دھرم

ur-proper noun

लिंगायत धर्म

لنگایت دھرم • (liṅgāyat dharm) m (Hindi spelling लिंगायत धर्म)

liṅgāyat dharm (romanization)
लिंगायत धर्म (Hindi)

/lɪŋ.ɡɑː.jət̪ d̪ʱəɾm/

ur:لنگایت دھرم


رام اللہ

رامَ اللہ • (rāmallāh) m (Hindi spelling रामल्लाह)

رامَ اللہ (canonical)
rāmallāh (romanization)
रामल्लाह (Hindi)

/ɾɑː.məl.lɑːɦ/

Borrowed from Arabic رَامَ اللّٰه (rāma llāh).

bor+

رَامَ اللّٰه


یروشلم

ur-proper noun

یَرُوشَلَم or یَروشَلَم • (yarūśalam or yarośalam) m (Hindi spelling यरूशलम or यरोशलम)

یَرُوشَلَم (canonical)
یَروشَلَم (canonical)
yarūśalam (romanization)
yarośalam (romanization)
यरूशलम (Hindi)
यरोशलम (Hindi)

یَ‧رُو‧شَ‧لَم

Borrowed from Aramaic יְרוּשְׁלֶם (yərūšəlem), possibly a learned borrowing. Compare Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלֵם (y'rūšálem).

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Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלֵם (y'rūšálem)

اسرائیلی اور فلسطینی دونوں یروشلم پر اپنا دعویٰ رکھتے ہیں اور اس کا تنازع بہت پرانا ہے۔

2017 December 6, “یروشلم دنیا کا سب سے متنازع شہر کیوں؟ [Why is Jerusalem the world's most disputed city?]”, in BBC News Urdu:

Israel and Palestine both claim Jerusalem and the dispute is quite old.

isrā'īlī aur falast̤īnī donoṉ yarūśalam par apnā daʻvá rakhte haiṉ aur is kā tanāzaʻ bahut purānā hai.

Jerusalem (a city in Israel; city in Palestine)

(by extension) Jerusalem (a district of Israel, Palestine)


کاؤ دائیت

ur-proper noun

کاؤ دائیت • (kāodāiyat) m (Hindi spelling काओ दाईत)

kāodāiyat (romanization)
काओ दाईत (Hindi)

ur:کاؤ دائیت


کاؤ دائی

کاؤ دائی • (kāodāi) m (Hindi spelling काओ दाई)

Borrowed from English Cao Dai, from Vietnamese Đạo Cao Đài.


مشرقی پاکستان

مشرقی پاکستان • (maśriqī pākistān) m

East Pakistan (a former province of Pakistan, Asia)


مغربی پاکستان

مغربی پاکستان • (maġribī pākistān) m

West Pakistan (a former province of Pakistan, Asia)

ur:مغربی پاکستان


ستمبر

ستمبر • (sitambar) m (Hindi spelling सितंबर)

Borrowed from Portuguese setembro, from Latin september.


متھرا

مَتُھرا • (mathurā) m (Hindi spelling मथुरा)

مَتُھرا (canonical)
mathurā (romanization)
मथुरा (Hindi)

/mə.t̪ʰʊ.ɾɑː/

Mathura, Muttra (a city, the administrative center of Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, India)

Mathura (a district of Uttar Pradesh, India)

Mathura (a Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India)


ریختہ

ریخْتَہ • (rexta) m (Hindi spelling रेख़ता or रेख़्ता)

ریخْتَہ (canonical)
rexta (romanization)
रेख़ता (Hindi)
रेख़्ता (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian ریخْتَه (rēxta), form of ریخْتَن (rēxtan).

bor+

ريختہ کے تُم ہی اُستاد نہیں ہو غالِبؔ
کہتے ہیں اگلے زمانے میں کوئی مِیرؔ بھی تھا
rexta ke tumhī̃ ustād nahī̃ ho ġālib

Ghalib, you are not the only master of poetry in Rekhta
It is said that there was Mir too in the past

kahte ha͠i agle zamāne mẽ koī mīr bhī thā

Rekhta (A style of Urdu, Hindavi, or sometimes Braj or Punjabi used in poetry that linguistically adapts Persian grammar and vocabulary; a mix of Persian and Khariboli)


لاہور

ur-proper noun

لاہَور • (lāhaur) m (Hindi spelling लाहौर)

لاہَور (canonical)
lāhaur (romanization)
लाहौर (Hindi)

Unknown or disputed. A legend claims to be inherited from Sanskrit लव (lava, “Lava”) + पुर (pura, “fortress; city”), literally “city of Lava”, from Ramayana, a Hindu epic. Compare Punjabi لَہَوْر (lahaur).

unknown

Unknown or disputed

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Lahore (The second largest city of Pakistan and the provincial capital of Punjab; located on the Ravi river)


خوشاب

ur-proper noun

خُوشَاب • (xūśāb) m (Hindi spelling ख़ुशाब)

خُوشَاب (canonical)
xūśāb (romanization)
ख़ुशाब (Hindi)

From خوش (xuś, “sweet”) + آب (āb, “water”), both elements from Persian.

Khushab (a city in Khushab district, Punjab, Pakistan)


تری مورتی

تری مورتی • (tri mūrti) m (Hindi spelling त्रिमूर्ति)

tri mūrti (romanization)
त्रिमूर्ति (Hindi)

Borrowed from Sanskrit त्रिमूर्ति (trimūrti).


مالدیو

ur-proper noun

مالْدِیوْ • (māldīv) m (Hindi spelling मालदीव)

مالْدِیوْ (canonical)
māldīv (romanization)
मालदीव (Hindi)

مالدیپ مالدیپ#Urdu

Alternative form of مالدیپ (māldīp): Maldives (an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India)


بہاؤالدین

بہاؤالدین • (bahā'uddīn) m (Hindi spelling बहाउद्दीन)

bahā'uddīn (romanization)
बहाउद्दीन (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic بَهَاءُ الدِّين (bahāʔu d-dīn, literally “beauty of faith”).

bor+

بَهَاءُ الدِّين


نیتن یاہو

ur-proper noun

نیتن یاہو • (netanyāhū) m (Hindi spelling नेतन्याहू)

netanyāhū (romanization)
नेतन्याहू (Hindi)

נְתַנְיָהוּ נתניהו#Hebrew

A transliteration of the Hebrew surname נְתַנְיָהוּ (Netanyahu)


اتر پردیش

उत्तर प्रदेश

اُتَّر پْرَدیش

اُتَّر پْرَدیش • (uttar pradeś) m (Hindi spelling उत्तर प्रदेश)

اُتَّر پْرَدیش (canonical)
uttar pradeś (romanization)
उत्तर प्रदेश (Hindi)

/ʊt̪ː.əɾ‿pɾə.d̪eːʃ/

Borrowed from Hindi उत्तर प्रदेश (uttar pradeś, literally “Northen Province”).

bor+

उत्तर प्रदेश


یوناہ

ur-proper noun

یُونَاہ • (yūnā) m (Hindi spelling यूना)

یُونَاہ (canonical)
yūnā (romanization)
यूना (Hindi)


یونس

Borrowed from Arabic يُونُس (yūnus), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew יונה (yônā).

(Islam, Roman Catholicism) Jonah, Jonas (prophet)


لدھیانہ

لدھیانہ • (ludhiyānā) m (Hindi spelling लुधियाना)

ludhiyānā (romanization)
लुधियाना (Hindi)

Borrowed from Punjabi ਲੁਧਿਆਣਾ (ludhiāṇā) / لُدِھیاݨَہ (ludhieyāṇah).

bor+

Ludhiana (a city in Ludhiana district, Punjab, India)


جبوتی

ur-proper noun

جبوتی • (jibūtī) m (Hindi spelling जिबूती)


روانڈا

روانڈا • (ravānḍā) m (Hindi spelling रवांडा)

/ɾə.ʋɑːn.ɖɑː/


گنی

Borrowed from English guinea and Guinea.


آذربائیجان

آذَرْبائِیجان

آذَرْبائِیجان • (āzarbāījān) m (Hindi spelling आज़रबाइजान)

آذَرْبائِیجان (canonical)
āzarbāījān (romanization)
आज़रबाइजान (Hindi)

/ɑː.zəɾ.bɑː.ɪ.d͡ʒɑːn/

Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)

Azerbaijan (a region in northwestern Iran)


بھاگ

Bhag (a city in Kachhi district, Balochistan, Pakistan)


جیٹھ

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞 (jĕṭṭha), from Sanskrit ज्यैष्ठ (jyaiṣṭha). Cognate with Kachchi જેઠ (jeṭh) and Sindhi ڄيٺُ (j̄eṭhu).

Jyeshta; the third month of the Nanakshahi and Hindu calendar


کینیڈا

کَینیڈا • (kaineḍā) m (Hindi spelling कनाडा)

کَینیڈا (canonical)
kaineḍā (romanization)
कनाडा (Hindi)

Borrowed from English Canada, from the Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).


مہابھارت

ur-proper noun

مَہابھارَت • (mahābhārat) m (Hindi spelling महाभारत)

مَہابھارَت (canonical)
mahābhārat (romanization)
महाभारत (Hindi)

/mə.ɦɑː.bʱɑː.ɾət̪/

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit महाभारत (mahābhārata).

lbor

(Hinduism) Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic)


پرشیا

ur-proper noun

پَرْشِیا • (parśiyā) m (Hindi spelling पर्शिया)

پَرْشِیا (canonical)
parśiyā (romanization)
पर्शिया (Hindi)

/pəɾ.ʃɪ.jɑː/

Persia (former name of Iran, a country in Western Asia)


خطا

خَطا (canonical)
xatā (romanization)
ख़ता (Hindi)


اسحاق

اِسْحاق • (ishāq) m (Hindi spelling इसहाक़)

اِسْحاق (canonical)
ishāq (romanization)
इसहाक़ (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِسْحَاق (ishāq), borrowed from Arabic إِسْحَاق (ʔisḥāq), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יִצְחָק.

etymon

إِسْحَاق إسحاق#Arabic

יצחק יצחק#Hebrew

a male given name, Ishaq, from Arabic إِسْحَاق (ʔisḥāq) [in turn from Hebrew יצחק], equivalent to English Isaac


پراکرت

ur-proper noun

پَراکِرْت • (parākirt) f (Hindi spelling प्राकृत)

پَراکِرْت (canonical)
parākirt (romanization)
प्राकृत (Hindi)

/pɾɑːk.ɾɪt̪/

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्राकृत (prākṛta).


تیمور

ur-proper noun

تَیمُور • (taimūr) m (Hindi spelling तैमूर)

تَیمُور (canonical)
taimūr (romanization)
तैमूर (Hindi)

Either through Classical Persian تَیمور (taymur) or directly from Chagatai تیمور (temür, literally “iron”) by way of the Chagatai heritage of the Mughal Empire elite.
Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *temür (“iron”).

bor

a male given name, Taimur or Taimoor, meaning “strong, steel”


دہلی

ur-proper noun

دِہْلی • (dihlī) f (Hindi spelling देहली)

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Delhi دِہْلی (canonical)
dihlī (romanization)
देहली (Hindi)

→ Arabic: دِهْلِي (dihlī)

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→ English: Delhi
→ Arabic: دِلْهِي (dilhī)
→ Chinese: 德里 (Délǐ)
→ Greek: Δελχί (Delchí)
→ Hebrew: דֵלְהִי (delhī)
→ Japanese: デリー (Derī)
→ Turkish: Delhi

→ Kannada: ದೆಹಲಿ (dehali)

Borrowed from Classical Persian دهلی (dihlī), of uncertain origin. See दिल्ली (dillī) for further details.

bor+

2021 October 23, “دہلی سے ملحق گڑگاؤں میں پھر سے جمعے کی نماز کے خلاف مظاہرہ اور جے شری رام کے نعرے [Demonstrations against Friday prayers, again, in Gurgaon, adjacent to Delhi and slogans of Jai Shri Ram]”, in BBC News Urdu:

Delhi (a city in India, containing the national capital New Delhi)


قسطنطنیہ

ur-proper noun

قُسْطُنْطُنِیَہ

क़ुस्तुंतुनिया

قُسْطُنْطُنِیَہ • (qustuntuniya) m (Hindi spelling क़ुस्तुंतुनिया)

قُسْطُنْطُنِیَہ (canonical)
qustuntuniya (romanization)
क़ुस्तुंतुनिया (Hindi)

قُسْ‧طُنْ‧طُ‧نِ‧یَہ

Corrupted from Classical Persian قسطنطنیه (qustantaniya), from Arabic الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-qusṭanṭīniyya).

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الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة

Constantinople (the former name of Istanbul, the largest city of Turkey)


انطاکیہ

ur-proper noun

اَنْطاکِیَہ • (antākiya) m (Hindi spelling अन्ताकिया)

اَنْطاکِیَہ (canonical)
antākiya (romanization)
अन्ताकिया (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic أَنْطَاكِيَة (ʔanṭākiya), from Ancient Greek Ἀντιόχεια (Antiókheia).

bor+

أَنْطَاكِيَة


کبیر

ur-proper noun

کَبِیْر • (kabīr) m (Hindi spelling कबीर)

کَبِیْر (canonical)
kabīr (romanization)
कबीर (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian کبیر (kabīr), from Arabic كَبِير (kabīr).

bor+

Kabir, an Indian poet and religious leader


حبش

حَبَش (canonical)
habaś (romanization)
हबश (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic حَبَشْ (ḥabaš, “Abyssinia”), the former name of Ethiopia.

(historical) Abyssinia (a country in Africa)


شقرا

ur-proper noun

شَقْرا • (śaqrā) ? (Hindi spelling शक़्रा)

شَقْرا (canonical)
śaqrā (romanization)
शक़्रा (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic شَقْرَاء (šaqrāʔ), feminine singular of أَشْقَر (ʔašqar).


قراقل پاقستان

ur:قراقل پاقستان


لداخ

لَدّاخ • (laddāx) m (Hindi spelling लद्दाख़)

لَدّاخ (canonical)
laddāx (romanization)
लद्दाख़ (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian لداخ (ladâx), from Tibetan ལ་དྭགས (la dwags).

bor+

Ladakh (a union territory in northern India; capital: Leh and Kargil)


نغمہ

ur-proper noun

نَغْمَہ • (naġma) f (Hindi spelling नग़मा)

نَغْمَہ (canonical)
naġma (romanization)
नग़मा (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian نغمه (nağma), itself from Arabic نَغْمة (naḡma).


دجلہ

ur-proper noun

دَجْلَہ • (dajlā) m (Hindi spelling दजला)

دَجْلَہ (canonical)
dajlā (romanization)
दजला (Hindi)

/d̪əd͡ʒ.lɑː/

Borrowed from Classical Persian دجله (dajla, dijla), from Arabic دِجْلَة (dijla).

bor+

قطرہ میں دجلہ دکھائی نہ دے اور جزو میں کل
کھیل لڑکوں کا ہوا دیدۂ بینا نہ ہوا
qatre mẽ dajlā dikhāī na de aur juzva mẽ kul
khel laṛkõ kā huā(,) dīdā-e-bīnā na huā

مرزا غالب (Mirzā Ġālib)

in but a drop the Tigris cannot be seen and (yet) in a part, all (can be seen)
it was a children's game, not a seeing-eye


عابد

ur-proper noun

عابِد • ('ābid) m (feminine عابِدَہ ('ābida), Hindi spelling आबिद)

عابِد (canonical)
'ābid (romanization)
عابِدَہ (feminine)
आबिद (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian عابد ('ābid), itself from Arabic عَابِد (ʕābid).


شنتانو

ur-proper noun

شَنْتَانُو • (śantanu) m (Hindi spelling शंतनु)

شَنْتَانُو (canonical)
śantanu (romanization)
शंतनु (Hindi)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शंतनु (śáṃtanu). Compare Persian شانتانو (šântânu).

lbor

(Hinduism) Shantanu, a mythological king in the mahābharata

a male given name, Shantanu, from Sanskrit


وامن

ur-proper noun

وَامَن • (vāman) m (Hindi spelling वामन)

وَامَن (canonical)
vāman (romanization)
वामन (Hindi)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वामन (vāmaná). Doublet of بَونَا (baunā).

lbor

name of the elephant that supports the south or west quarter


برلن

ur-proper noun

بَرْلِن • (barlin) m (Hindi spelling बर्लिन)

بَرْلِن (canonical)
barlin (romanization)
बर्लिन (Hindi)

Borrowed from English Berlin, itself from German Berlin.

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)

(by extension) Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)


بکرا عید

بکرا عید • (bakrā īd) f (Hindi spelling बकरा ईद)

bakrā īd (romanization)
बकरा ईद (Hindi)
بکرا عید (direct singular)
بکرا عیدیں (direct plural)
بکرا عید (oblique singular)
بکرا عیدوں (oblique plural)
بکرا عید (singular vocative)
بکرا عیدو (plural vocative)

From بکرا (bakrā, “goat, billy goat”) + عید (īd, “Eid”), literally “Eid of the goat”.

com

Eid al-Adha (Islamic feast of sacrifice)


بقرعید

ur-proper noun

بقرعید • (baqar'īd, baqrīd) f (Hindi spelling बक़रीद)

baqar'īd (romanization)
baqrīd (romanization)
बक़रीद (Hindi)
بقرعید (direct singular)
بقرعیدیں (direct plural)
بقرعید (oblique singular)
بقرعیدوں (oblique plural)
بقرعید (singular vocative)
بقرعیدو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian بقرعید (baqar-'îd), compound of بقر (baqar, “cow, bull, cattle”) + عید ('id, “Eid”).


یوم مزدور

ur-proper noun

यौम-ए-मज़दूर

یوم مزدور • (yaum-e-mazdūr) m (Hindi spelling यौम-ए-मज़दूर)

yaum-e-mazdūr (romanization)
यौम-ए-मज़दूर (Hindi)

Ezafe compound of یوم (yaum, “day”) + مزدور (mazdūr, “laborer, worker”)


شب برات

ur-proper noun

شب برات • (śab-e-barāt) m (Hindi spelling शब-ए-बरात)

śab-e-barāt (romanization)
शब-ए-बरात (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian شبِ برات (šab-i-barāt), ezafe compound of شب (šab, “night”) + برات (barāt) (from Arabic بَرَاعَة (barāʕa)).

bor+

The eve of mid-Sha'ban celebrated (mostly in South Asia, Central Asia, Iran, Iraq and Turkey) in commemoration of the dead by lighting up streets and cemeteries and preparing candies and confections (especially halwas).


اندلس

ur-proper noun

اُنْدُلُس • (undulus) m (Hindi spelling अुंदुलुस)

اُنْدُلُس (canonical)
undulus (romanization)
अुंदुलुस (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اندلس (ondolus), from Arabic الْأَنْدُلُس (al-ʔandulus).

der

الْأَنْدُلُس

(historical) al-Andalus, Iberian Peninsula


عیسوی

ur-proper noun

عِیسْوی • ('īsvī) m (Hindi spelling ईसवी)

عِیسْوی (canonical)
'īsvī (romanization)
ईसवी (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian عِیسَوِی (īsawī), from Arabic عِيسَوِيّ (ʕīsawiyy, “of or relating to ʿĪsá, i.e. Jesus”).

der

Gregorian calendar
Gregorian calendar#English


ہجری

Borrowed from Classical Persian هجری (hijrī), from Arabic هِجْرِيّ (hijriyy, “of or relating to the Hijra/Hegira”).

der

Islamic calendar
Islamic calendar#English


عیسی مسیح

ur-proper noun

عِیسیٰ مَسِیح

عِیسیٰ مَسِیح • ('īsā masīh) m (Hindi spelling ईसा मसीह)

عِیسیٰ مَسِیح (canonical)
'īsā masīh (romanization)
ईसा मसीह (Hindi)

From عِیسیٰ ('īsā, “Jesus”) + مَسِیح (masīh, “Christ”).


کعبہ

ur-proper noun

کَعْبَہ • (kābā) m (Hindi spelling काबा)

کَعْبَہ (canonical)
kābā (romanization)
काबा (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian کعبه (ka'ba), from Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba). First attested as Old Hindi काबा (kābā). Compare Punjabi ਕਾਅਬਾ (kāabā) / کَعبَہ (kaʻbah), Sindhi ڪَعبو, Gujarati કાબા (kābā), Bengali কাবা (kaba).


ممبئی

ur-proper noun

مُمْبَئی • (mumbaī) m (Hindi spelling मुंबई)

مُمْبَئی (canonical)
mumbaī (romanization)
मुंबई (Hindi)

Borrowed from Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī). Compare Punjabi ਮੁੰਬਈ (mumbaī), Gujarati મુંબઈ (mumbaī), Bengali মুম্বাই (mumbai), Assamese মুম্বাই (mumbai), Kannada ಮುಂಬೈ (mumbai), Malayalam മുംബൈ (mumbai), Telugu ముంబై (mumbai), Tamil மும்பை (mumpai).

Mumbai (a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay)


داغستان

داغِسْتان • (dāġistān) m (Hindi spelling दाग़िसतान)

داغِسْتان (canonical)
dāġistān (romanization)
दाग़िसतान (Hindi)

/d̪ɑː.ɣɪs.t̪ɑːn/

Dagestan (a republic of Russia, located in the Caucasus region)


پانڈو

پانْڈَو • (pānḍau) m (Hindi spelling पांडव)

پانْڈَو (canonical)
pānḍau (romanization)
पांडव (Hindi)
پانڈَو (direct singular)
پانڈَو (direct plural)
پانڈَو (oblique singular)
پانڈَووں (oblique plural)
پانڈَو (singular vocative)
پانڈَوو (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पाण्डव (pāṇḍava).

lbor

(in the plural) Pandavas (used to collectively refer to the five Pandavas)


بھگود گیتا

ur-proper noun

بَھگْوَد گِیتا

بَھگْوَد گِیتا • (bhagvad gītā) f (Hindi spelling भगवद्गीता)

بَھگْوَد گِیتا (canonical)
bhagvad gītā (romanization)
भगवद्गीता (Hindi)

/bʱəɡ.ʋəd̪ ɡiː.t̪ɑː/

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भगवद्गीता (bhagavadgītā).

lbor

ur:بھگود گیتا


ارجن

ur-proper noun

اَرْجُن • (arjun) m (Hindi spelling अर्जुन)

اَرْجُن (canonical)
arjun (romanization)
अर्जुन (Hindi)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अर्जुन (árjuna).

lbor

(Hinduism) Arjuna (hero of the Mahabharata)


ارجن

ur-proper noun

اَرْجَن • (arjan) m (Hindi spelling अर्जन)

اَرْجَن (canonical)
arjan (romanization)
अर्जन (Hindi)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अर्जन (arjana).


ابھیشیک

ur-proper noun

اَبِھیشیک • (abhīśek) m (Hindi spelling अभिषेक)

اَبِھیشیک (canonical)
abhīśek (romanization)
अभिषेक (Hindi)

ابھشیک ابھشیک#Urdu

Alternative spelling of ابھشیک: a male given name, Abhishek, from Sanskrit


ابھشیک

اَبِھشیک • (abhiśek) m (Hindi spelling अभिषेक)

اَبِھشیک (canonical)
abhiśek (romanization)
अभिषेक (Hindi)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).

lbor

a male given name, Abhishek, from Sanskrit


انارکلی

ur-proper noun

اَنارکَلِی • (anārkalī) f (Hindi spelling अनारकली)

اَنارکَلِی (canonical)
anārkalī (romanization)
अनारकली (Hindi)

From انار (anār, “pomegranate”) + کَلِی (kalī, “bud”).

com

Anarkali (a legendary courtesan from the Mughal era)


رخسار

ur-proper noun

رُخْسار • (ruxsār) f (Hindi spelling रुख़सार)

رُخْسار (canonical)
ruxsār (romanization)
रुख़सार (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian رخسار (ruxsār).

bor+

a female given name, Rukhsar, from Persian


چکنگنیا

ur-proper noun

چِکَنْگُنِیا

چِکَنْگُنِیا • (cikanguniyā) m (Hindi spelling चिकनगुनिया)

چِکَنْگُنِیا (canonical)
cikanguniyā (romanization)
चिकनगुनिया (Hindi)


اہل ایمان

اَہَل اِیمان

اَہَل اِیمان • (ahal īmān) ? (Hindi spelling अहल ईमान)

اَہَل اِیمان (canonical)
ahal īmān (romanization)
अहल ईमान (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اهل ایمان (ahl-i īmān), which is a Persian variant of the Quranic verse يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا (yā ʔayyuhā llaḏīna ʔāmanū, “O ye who believe”) by some Muslim scholars, especially via Persian translation of the Qur'an by Mirza Mahdi Elahi Ghomshei (1901–1973).

bor+

(Islam) People of faith, O ye who believe (an instruction in the Qur'an)


مغربی بنگال

ur-proper noun

مَغْرِبی بَنْگال

مَغْرِبی بَنْگال • (maġribī bangāl) m (Hindi spelling मग़्रिबी बंगाल)

مَغْرِبی بَنْگال (canonical)
maġribī bangāl (romanization)
मग़्रिबी बंगाल (Hindi)

/məɣ.ɾɪ.biː bəŋ.ɡɑːl/

West Bengal (a state of India; capital: Kolkata)


رہنما

ur-noun

رَہْنُما • (rahnumā) m (Hindi spelling रहनुमा)

رَہْنُما (canonical)
rahnumā (romanization)
रहनुमा (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian راهنما (rāh-namā, literally “showing the way”).


رامائن

ur-proper noun

رَامَائِن • (rāmā‘in) f or m (Hindi spelling रामायण)

رَامَائِن (canonical)
rāmā‘in (romanization)
रामायण (Hindi)

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit रामायण (rāmāyaṇa).


متھن

ur-proper noun

مِتُھن • (mithun) m (Hindi spelling मिथुन)

مِتُھن (canonical)
mithun (romanization)
मिथुन (Hindi)


سانڈ

سانْڈ (canonical)
sānḍ (romanization)
सांड (Hindi)


بچھو

بِچُّھو • (bicchū) m (Hindi spelling बिच्छू)

بِچُّھو (canonical)
bicchū (romanization)
बिच्छू (Hindi)


کیکڑا

کیکْڑا • (kekṛā) m (Hindi spelling केकड़ा)

کیکْڑا (canonical)
kekṛā (romanization)
केकड़ा (Hindi)


تاشقند

تاشْقَنْد • (tāśqand) m (Hindi spelling ताशक़ंद)

تاشْقَنْد (canonical)
tāśqand (romanization)
ताशक़ंद (Hindi)

Tashkent (the capital city of Uzbekistan)


اینٹ ورپ

اَینْٹ وَرْپ

اَینْٹ وَرْپ • (ainṭ varp) m (Hindi spelling अयंट वर्प)

اَینْٹ وَرْپ (canonical)
ainṭ varp (romanization)
अयंट वर्प (Hindi)


پشاور

پِشاوَر • (piśāvar) m (Hindi spelling पेशावर)

پِشاوَر (canonical)
piśāvar (romanization)
पेशावर (Hindi)

/pɪ.ʃɑː.ʋəɾ/

Corrupted from Classical Persian پَرَشَاوَر (parašāvar), ultimately from Sanskrit पुरूषपुर (purūṣapura). Cognates Pashto پېښور (pex̌awar) and Punjabi پِشَور (piśaur).

der

Peshawar (a city, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)


مانچسٹر

ur-proper noun

مانْچِسْٹَر • (māncisṭar) m (Hindi spelling मैनचेस्टर)

مانْچِسْٹَر (canonical)
māncisṭar (romanization)
मैनचेस्टर (Hindi)

/mɑːn.t͡ʃɪs.ʈəɾ/

[mɑ̃ːt͡ʃes.ʈəɾ]

[mɑ̃ːt͡ʃəs.ʈəɾ]

Borrowed from English Manchester, influenced by languages such as Punjabi مانچَسْٹَر (māncasṭar) / مَنْچَسْٹَر (mancasṭar) or Pahari-Potwari مَنْچَسْٹَر (mancasṭar), as opposed to the direct borrowing of مینچسٹر (maincisṭar).

چناچه سنه ۱۷۷۰ عیسوئي کو مانچسٿر اور لیورپول شہر کے درمیان ایک نہر کھودنے کي

1860, Mirzapore Educational Books, volume 8, →OCLC, page 28:

Therefore in 1770 A.D. [a plan] to dig a canal between the cities of Manchester and Liverpool

cunācih sanh 1770 ʻīsva'ī ko māncisṭar aur līvarpūl śahar ke darmīyān ek nahar khodne kī

اس کے بعد بٹ مجھے راچڈیل کی طرف لے کر روانہ ہوا –– وہاں پہنچے تو اپنا دوست مانچسٹر آیا ہوا تھا۔

1979, جاوید اقبال [Jawed Iqbal], ماڈرن ابنِ بطوطہ [Māḍarn Ibn-i Bat̤ūt̤ah], Lahore: نوائے وقت پبلیکیشنز [Navā-yi Vaqt Publications], →OCLC, page 69:

After that, Butt took me towards Rochdale; when we reached there, our friend had arrived in Manchester.


پیرس

پَیْرِس • (pairis) m (Hindi spelling पेरिस)

پَیْرِس (canonical)
pairis (romanization)
पेरिस (Hindi)

→ Punjabi: پَیرَس (pairas)

Borrowed from English Paris. Compare Punjabi پَیْرَس (pairas).

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


لیسٹر

لَیسْٹَر • (laisṭar) m (Hindi spelling लैस्टर)

لَیسْٹَر (canonical)
laisṭar (romanization)
लैस्टर (Hindi)

Leicester (a city in Leicestershire, East Midlands, England)


ٹلفورڈ

ٹِلْفورْڈ • (ṭilforḍ) m (Hindi spelling टिल्फ़ोर्ड)

ٹِلْفورْڈ (canonical)
ṭilforḍ (romanization)
टिल्फ़ोर्ड (Hindi)

Borrowed from English Tilford / Tylford.

موجودہ نو تعمیر شدہ مرکز احمدیت اسلام آباد کا اولین ریکارڈ 1762ء کے نقشہ جات سے ملتا ہے۔ دریائے وے کے دونوں اطراف میں ٹلفورڈ برج نامی گاؤں کا ذکر ملتا ہے جو کہ اب ٹلفورڈ گرین کے نام سے جانی جاتی ہے۔

2019 August 2, “تاریخ اسلام آباد (اٹھارہویں صدی سے تعمیرِ مرکز تک)”, in الفظل [Al Fazl]:

The earliest record of the newly inaugurated headquarters of Ahmadiyyat, Islamabad, can be found in maps dated 1762 AD. On both sides of the River Way there is mention of a village named Tylford Bridge, now known as Tilford Green.

maujūdah nau taʻmīr śiddah markaz-e aḥmadiyyat islām ābād kā āvvalīn rīkārḍ 1762ʻ ke naqśah jāt se miltā hai. dariya'e ve ke donoṉ at̤rāf meṉ ṭilforḍ brij nāmī gā'oṉ kā ẕikr miltā hai jo kih ab ṭilforḍ grīn ke nām se jānī jātī hai.

Tilford (a civil parish of Surrey, South East, England)


ربوہ

رَبْوَہ • (rabva) m (Hindi spelling रब्वह)

رَبْوَہ (canonical)
rabva (romanization)
रब्वह (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic رُبْوَة (rubwa, “height, hill”).

bor+

Rabwah (a city in Chiniot district, Punjab, Pakistan), an important city for Ahmadi Muslims and former headquarters of the Ahmadiyya community, an area higher than its surroundings.


راچڈیل

ur-proper noun

رَاچْڈیل • (rācḍel) m (Hindi spelling राच्डेल)

رَاچْڈیل (canonical)
rācḍel (romanization)
राच्डेल (Hindi)

روچڈیل روچڈیل#Urdu

Alternative spelling of روچڈیل (raucḍel)


روچڈیل

raucḍel (romanization)
rocḍel (romanization)

/ɾɑːt͡ʃ.ɖeːl/

/ɾɔːt͡ʃ.ɖeːl/

Borrowed from English Rochdale. Likely influenced by Pakistani English pronunciation.

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

Rochdale (a town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England)


برمنگھم

بَرْمِنْگَھم

بَرْمِنْگَھم • (barmiṅgham) m (Hindi spelling बर्मिंघम)

بَرْمِنْگَھم (canonical)
barmiṅgham (romanization)
बर्मिंघम (Hindi)

/bəɾ.mɪŋ.ɡʱəm/

A major city and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England


ہارٹلیپول

ہارْٹْلیپُول

ہارْٹْلیپُول • (hārṭlepūl) m (Hindi spelling हार्ट्लेपूल)

ہارْٹْلیپُول (canonical)
hārṭlepūl (romanization)
हार्ट्लेपूल (Hindi)

ہارٹلے پول
ہارٹلے پول#Urdu

Alternative spelling of ہارٹلے پول (“Hartlepool”)


ہارٹلے پول

ہارْٹْلے پُول

ہارْٹْلے پُول • (hārṭle pūl) m (Hindi spelling हार्टलेपूल)

ہارْٹْلے پُول (canonical)
hārṭle pūl (romanization)
हार्टलेपूल (Hindi)

ہارْٹ‧لے‧پُول

Hartlepool (a town and seaport in County Durham, in northeastern England)


ملائیشیا

مَلائِیشِیا • (malāīśiyā) m (Hindi spelling मलेशिया)

مَلائِیشِیا (canonical)
malāīśiyā (romanization)
मलेशिया (Hindi)


کمبھ

کُمْبھ • (kumbh) m (Hindi spelling कुंभ)

کُمْبھ (canonical)
kumbh (romanization)
कुंभ (Hindi)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha).


سری لنکا

ur-proper noun

سِری لَن٘کا • (sirī laṅkā) m (Hindi spelling श्रीलंका)

سِری لَن٘کا (canonical)
sirī laṅkā (romanization)
श्रीलंका (Hindi)

سِ‧ری‧لَن٘‧کا

Inherited from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā, literally “holy island”).


بلوچستان

ur-proper noun

بَلوچِسْتَان

بَلوچِسْتَان • (balocistān) m (Hindi spelling बलूचिस्तान)

بَلوچِسْتَان (canonical)
balocistān (romanization)
बलूचिस्तान (Hindi)

بَ‧لو‧چِسْ‧تان

Borrowed from Classical Persian بلوچستان (balôčistân), equivalent to بلوچ (baloc, “Baloch people”) + ـستان (-(i)stān, “-land”).

suffix

Sistan and Baluchestan
Sistan and Baluchestan#English

(by extension) Balochistan (a region between the Middle East and South Asia)

Sistan and Baluchestan (a province of Iran)

(rare) A mountainous region of Afghanistan


اردوئے معلی

ur-proper noun

اُرْدُوْئے مُعَلّیٰ

उर्दू-ए-मुअल्ला

اُرْدُوْئے مُعَلّیٰ • (urdū-e mu’allá) f (Hindi spelling उर्दू-ए-मुअल्ला)

اُرْدُوْئے مُعَلّیٰ (canonical)
urdū-e mu’allá (romanization)
उर्दू-ए-मुअल्ला (Hindi)

Shortening of زبان اردوئے معلی (zubān-e urdū-e mu’allá, “language of the exalted camp”).

ur:اردوئے معلی

/ʊɾ.d̪uː.eː‿mʊ.əlːɑː/


مالدیپ

مالْدِیپ • (māldīp) m (Hindi spelling मालदीव)

مالْدِیپ (canonical)
māldīp (romanization)
मालदीव (Hindi)

Compare Bengali মালদ্বীপ (maldip) and Hindi मालदीव (māldīv).

Maldives (an island country in the Indian Ocean, South Asia; capital: Malé).


ہیر

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑀻𑀭 (hīra), from Sanskrit हीर (hīra).

inh+

Heer, the female tragic lover from a classical Punjabi romantic legend


ہسپانیہ

ur-proper noun

ہَسْپانِیَہ • (haspāniya) m (Hindi spelling हस्पानिया)

ہَسْپانِیَہ (canonical)
haspāniya (romanization)
हस्पानिया (Hindi)

Borrowed from Portuguese Hispânia, ultimately from Latin Hispania, with the spelling likely influenced by برطانیہ (bartāniyā).

ہسپانوی

Spanish; of or relating to Spain or Spanish people; Hispanic

(historical) Hispania; Iberian Peninsula


تاجکستان

تاجِکِسْتان • (tājikistān) m (Hindi spelling ताजिकिस्तान)

تاجِکِسْتان (canonical)
tājikistān (romanization)
ताजिकिस्तान (Hindi)

تا‧جِ‧کِسْ‧تان


اطالیہ

اِطالِیَہ • (itāliya) m (Hindi spelling इतालिया)

اِطالِیَہ (canonical)
itāliya (romanization)
इतालिया (Hindi)

bor

Arabic إِطَالِيَة (ʔiṭāliya)


ڈزنی

ur-proper noun

ڈِزْنی • (ḍiznī) m or f (Hindi spelling डिज़्नी)

ڈِزْنی (canonical)
ḍiznī (romanization)
डिज़्नी (Hindi)

a surname from English, equivalent to English Disney


سندھ

سِنْدھ • (sindh) m (Hindi spelling सिंध)

سِنْدھ (canonical)
sindh (romanization)
सिंध (Hindi)

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu). Doublet of ہِنْد (hind) and اِنْڈِیا (inḍiyā). Compare Khowar سِن (sin), Saraiki سِنّہہ (sinnh), Ushojo سندھو (sindhō).

doublet

دَرْیَائے سِنْدھ

Indus (a river in the provinces of Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative territory of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan, the union territory of Ladakh in India and the autonomous region of Tibet in China)

(historical) Sind, Scinde (a province of British India)


ابو ظہبی

ur-proper noun

اَبُو ظَہْبی

اَبُو ظَہْبی • (abū zahbī) m (Hindi spelling अबू धाबी)

اَبُو ظَہْبی (canonical)
abū zahbī (romanization)
अबू धाबी (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو ظَبْي (ʔabū ẓaby). Spelling likely influenced from English Abu Dhabi.

bor+

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English

Abu Dhabi (an emirate of the United Arab Emirates, on the southern Persian Gulf)

Abu Dhabi (the capital city of the United Arab Emirates; capital city of Abu Dhabi emirate, United Arab Emirates)


دبئی

ur-proper noun

دُبَئی • (dubaī) m (Hindi spelling दुबई)

دُبَئی (canonical)
dubaī (romanization)
दुबई (Hindi)

Dubai (an emirate of the United Arab Emirates)

Dubai (the capital city of Dubai emirate, United Arab Emirates)

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates


سلجوق

سلجوق • (saljūq) m (Hindi spelling सलजुक़)


شارجہ

شارْجَہ • (śārja) m (Hindi spelling शारजाह)

شارْجَہ (canonical)
śārja (romanization)
शारजाह (Hindi)

/ʃɑːɾ.d͡ʒɑ(ːɦ)/

Borrowed from Gulf Arabic الشارجة (aš-šārja), from Arabic اَلشَّارِقَة (aš-šāriqa). Likely influenced from English Sharjah and/or Persian شارجه (šârje).

der

اَلشَّارِقَة

Arabic اَلشَّارِقَة (aš-šāriqa)

Sharjah (an emirate of the United Arab Emirates)

Sharjah (the capital city of Sharjah emirate, United Arab Emirates)


قونیہ

ur-proper noun

قُونِیَہ • (qūniya) m (Hindi spelling कोन्या)

قُونِیَہ (canonical)
qūniya (romanization)
कोन्या (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic قُونِيَة (qūniya), through Classical Persian قونیه (qūniya).


کلکتہ

کَلْکَتَّہ • (kalkatta) f (Hindi spelling कल्कत्ता)

کَلْکَتَّہ (canonical)
kalkatta (romanization)
कल्कत्ता (Hindi)

Kolkata (a megacity, the capital of West Bengal, India)


ہانگ کانگ

ur-noun

ہانگ کانگ • (hāng kāng) m (Hindi spelling हांग कांग or हॉन्ग कॉन्ग)

hāng kāng (romanization)
हांग कांग (Hindi)
हॉन्ग कॉन्ग (Hindi)

/ɦɑːŋɡ kɑːŋɡ/

ur:ہانگ کانگ


مدراس

ur-proper noun

مَدْراس • (madrās) f (Hindi spelling मद्रास)

مَدْراس (canonical)
madrās (romanization)
मद्रास (Hindi)

Chennai (a megacity, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India)

Name of Madras Province (Present day Andhara Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Parts of Kerala and Karnataka


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)


نیوزی لینڈ

نْیُوزی لَینْڈ

نْیُوزی لَینْڈ • (nyūzī lainḍ) m (Hindi spelling न्यूज़ीलैंड)

نْیُوزی لَینْڈ (canonical)
nyūzī lainḍ (romanization)
न्यूज़ीलैंड (Hindi)

New Zealand (a country in Oceania; capital: Wellington)


سرینگر

سِرِینَگَر • (sirīnagar) m (Hindi spelling सिरीनगर)

سِرِینَگَر (canonical)
sirīnagar (romanization)
सिरीनगर (Hindi)

سِری نَگَر
سری نگر#Urdu

Alternative form of سِری نَگَر (sirī nagar).


شری نگر

شْری نَگَر • (śrī nagar) m (Hindi spelling श्रीनगर)

شْری نَگَر (canonical)
śrī nagar (romanization)
श्रीनगर (Hindi)

شْرِینَگَر شرینگر#Urdu

Alternative form of شْرِینَگَر (śrīnagar).


شرینگر

شْرِینَگَر • (śrīnagar) m (Hindi spelling श्रीनगर)

شْرِینَگَر (canonical)
śrīnagar (romanization)
श्रीनगर (Hindi)

/ʃɾiː.nə.ɡəɾ/

Transliteration of Hindi श्रीनगर (śrīngar).

transliteration

سْرِینَگَر سرینگر#Urdu

Alternative form of سْرِینَگَر (sirīnagar).


سری نگر

ur-proper noun

سِرِی نَگَر • (sirī nagar) m (Hindi spelling श्रीनगर)

سِرِی نَگَر (canonical)
sirī nagar (romanization)
श्रीनगर (Hindi)

From Sanskrit श्रीनगर (śrīnagara), from श्री (śrī) + नगर (nagara, “town, city”). Compare Kashmiri سِریٖنَگَر (sirīnagar).

سرینگر میں دریائے جہلم کے کنارے ویران پڑے ہیں، کچھ باقی شہر کی طرح۔

2016 October 5, “سری نگر کا خاموش کیفے [The vacant cafe of Srinagar]”, in BBC News Urdu, New Delhi:

In Srinagar, the banks of river Jhelum remain vacant, somewhat like the rest of the city.

sirī nagar meṉ daryā'e jihlam ke kināre vīrān paṛe haiṉ, kuch bāqī śahar kī t̤araḥ.

Srinagar (a city, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India)


استنبول

اِسْتَن٘بول • (istambol) m (Hindi spelling इस्तांबुल)

اِسْتَن٘بول (canonical)
istambol (romanization)
इस्तांबुल (Hindi)

اِسْ‧تَن٘‧بول

Influenced by a number of languages, including Arabic إِسْطَنْبُول (ʔisṭanbūl) and English Istanbul.

bor

إِسْطَنْبُول

Arabic إِسْطَنْبُول (ʔisṭanbūl)

اور قسطنطینیہ ہے جو اس زمانہ میں استنبول کہلاتا ہے

c. 1870, امین الدین خان ابن ابو المکارم ہروی [Amīn al-Dīn Khān ibn Abū al-Makārim Haravī], translated by مہدی علی خان [Mehdi Ali Khan], مطلع العجائب [Mat̤laʿ al-ʿajāʼib], Lucknow: منشی نول کشور [Munshī Naval Kishor], →OCLC, page 155:

And Constantinople, which is known as Istanbul in this era

Istanbul (a major city and province of Turkey).


ارجنٹائن

ur-proper noun

ارْجَنْٹائن • (arjanṭā'īn) m (Hindi spelling अर्जेण्टीना)

ارْجَنْٹائن (canonical)
arjanṭā'īn (romanization)
अर्जेण्टीना (Hindi)

/əɾ.d͡ʒən.ʈɑː.ɪn/

Perhaps corrupted from English Argentina. Akin to Pashto ارجنټاين (arjanṭāīn).

unknown

Perhaps


فلپائن

ur-proper noun

فِلْپائِن • (filpāin) m (Hindi spelling फ़िलीपीन्स)

فِلْپائِن (canonical)
filpāin (romanization)
फ़िलीपीन्स (Hindi)

جزائر سماترا اور فلپائن اسپین سے متعلق ہیں۔

1883, منشی نول کشور [Munshī Naval Kishor], پہلا جغرافیہ [Pahlā jug̲ẖrāfiyah], page 12:

The Islands of Sumatra and the Philippines are subordinate to Spain.

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


بلغاریہ

بُلْغارِیَہ • (bulġāriya) m (Hindi spelling बुल्ग़ारिया)

بُلْغارِیَہ (canonical)
bulġāriya (romanization)
बुल्ग़ारिया (Hindi)

/bʊl.ɣɑː.ɾɪ.jɑː/

From Arabic بُلْغَارِيَة (bulḡāriya). Compare Pashto بلغاريه (bulǧāryá).

bor

بُلْغَارِيَة

Southeastern Europe
Southeastern Europe#English

Bulgaria (a country in Southeastern Europe)


سعودی عرب

ur-noun

سَعُودی عَرَب

سَعُودی عَرَب • (saʻūdī ʻarab) m (Hindi spelling सउदी अरब)

سَعُودی عَرَب (canonical)
saʻūdī ʻarab (romanization)
सउदी अरब (Hindi)

سَعُو‧دی‧عَ‧رَب

Saudi Arabia (a country in the Middle East).


بروخے

ur-proper noun

بْرُوخے • (brūxe) m (Hindi spelling ब्रूख़े)

بْرُوخے (canonical)
brūxe (romanization)
ब्रूख़े (Hindi)

Bruges (the capital city of West Flanders province, Belgium)


غرناطہ

غَرْناطَہ • (ġarnāt̤ah) m (Hindi spelling ग़र्नाता)

غَرْناطَہ (canonical)
ġarnāt̤ah (romanization)
ग़र्नाता (Hindi)

/ɣəɾ.nɑː.t̪ɑ(ːɦ)/

Borrowed from Arabic غَرْنَاطَة (ḡarnāṭa).

bor+

Granada (a city and province of Andalusia, Spain)


برسلز

ur-proper noun

بْرَسَلْز • (brasalz) m (Hindi spelling ब्रसल्ज़)

بْرَسَلْز (canonical)
brasalz (romanization)
ब्रसल्ज़ (Hindi)


لیئج

لِیئج (canonical)
li'yej (romanization)
लीज (Hindi)

Borrowed from French Liège, likely influenced by English Liège.

(learned borrowing)

Liège (a city, a province of Wallonia, Belgium)


اشبیلیہ

اَشْبِیلِیَہ

اَشْبِیلِیَہ • (aśbīliyah) m (Hindi spelling अश्बीलिया)

اَشْبِیلِیَہ (canonical)
aśbīliyah (romanization)
अश्बीलिया (Hindi)

اَشْ‧بی‧لِ‧یَہ

Borrowed from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya).

bor+

إِشْبِيلِيَة

Seville (the capital city of Andalusia, Spain)


قرطبہ

ur-proper noun

قُرْطُبَہ • (qurt̤uba) m (Hindi spelling क़ुर्तुबा)

قُرْطُبَہ (canonical)
qurt̤uba (romanization)
क़ुर्तुबा (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic قُرْطُبَة (qurṭuba).


شیفیلڈ

ur-proper noun

شَیفِیلْڈ • (śaifīlḍ) m (Hindi spelling शैफ़ील्ड)

شَیفِیلْڈ (canonical)
śaifīlḍ (romanization)
शैफ़ील्ड (Hindi)

Sheffield (a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom)