چھکا

ur-noun

چَھکّا • (chakkā) m (Hindi spelling छक्का)

چَھکّا (canonical)
chakkā (romanization)
छक्का (Hindi)
چَھکّا (direct singular)
چَھکّے (direct plural)
چَھکّے (oblique singular)
چَھکّوں (oblique plural)
چَھکّے (singular vocative)
چَھکّو (plural vocative)

/t͡ʃʰək.kɑː/

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀓𑁆𑀓 (chakka) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit षट्क (ṣáṭka), but influenced by Northwestern Indo-Aryan, for which compare Punjabi چھکا (chakkā) and the other playing card numbers. *chākā would be the expected reflex in Urdu. Cognate with Nepali छक्का (chakkā).


فدیہ

ur-noun

فِدْیَہ • (fidya) m (Hindi spelling फ़िदया)

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

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


درگاہ

ur-noun

دَرْگاہ • (dargāh) f (Hindi spelling दरगाह)

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

→ English: dargah

→ Tamil: தர்கா (tarkā)

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


علیہ الصلاۃ والسلام

head

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

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

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

bor+

عَلَيْهِ ٱلصَّلَاةُ وَٱلسَّلَامُ


ککر

کُکَر (canonical)
kukar (romanization)
कुकर (Hindi)


گٹار

ur-noun

گِٹار • (giṭār) m (Hindi spelling गिटार)

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


آیت اللہ

آیَتُ اْللّٰہ

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

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

ur-decl-noun

آیَتُ اْللّٰہ

آیَتُ اْللّٰہ

آیَتُ اْللّٰہ

آیَتُ اْللّٰہوں

آیَتُ اْللّٰہ

آیَتُ اْللّٰہو

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


معصوم

ur-adj

مَعْصُوم • (ma'sūm) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मासूम)

مَعْصُوم (canonical)
ma'sūm (romanization)
मासूम (Hindi)

Etymology tree
Arabic عَصِمَ (ʕaṣima)
Arabic مَعْصُوم (maʕṣūm)bor.
Classical Persian مَعْصُوم (ma'sūm)bor.
Urdu مَعْصُوم (ma'sūm)
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَعْصُوم (ma'sūm), borrowed from Arabic مَعْصُوم (maʕṣūm), from عَصِمَ (ʕaṣima). First attested in c. 1649 as Middle Hindi معصوم (m'ṣvm /ma'sūm/).

etymon

مَعْصُوم

ref

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


پیش گوئی

ur-noun

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

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

Borrowed from Classical Persian پیشگویِی (pēš-gōyī).


اکھاڑا

ur-noun

اَکھاڑَا • (akhāṛā) m (Hindi spelling अखाड़ा)

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

/ə.kʰɑː.ɽɑː/

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


ڈرامہ

ur-noun

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

ḍrāmā (romanization)
ḍarāmā (romanization)
ड्रामा (Hindi)
ڈراما (alternative)

/ɖɾɑː.mɑː ɖə.ɾɑː.mɑː/


بلہ باز

ur-adj

بلّہ باز • (balle-bāz) (Hindi spelling बल्लेबाज़)

بلّہ باز (canonical)
balle-bāz (romanization)
बल्लेबाज़ (Hindi)
بلّے باز (alternative)


چوکا

چَوکا (canonical)
caukā (romanization)
चौका (Hindi)
چَوکا (direct singular)
چَوکے (direct plural)
چَوکے (oblique singular)
چَوکوں (oblique plural)
چَوکے (singular vocative)
چَوکو (plural vocative)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓 (caükka), from Sanskrit चतुष्क (catuṣka).


ذکر الہی

ur-noun

ذِکْرِ اِلٰہی

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

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

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

bor+

ذِکْرِ اِلٰهِی

surf

remembrance of God (often in one's heart)


ربیع الاول

ur-proper noun

رَبِیعُ الْاَوَّل

रबी-उल-अव्वल

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

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

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

bor+

رَبِيعُ الأَوَّل

surf

Islamic calendar
Islamic calendar#English

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


ذو الحجہ

ur-proper noun

ذُو الْحِجَّہ

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

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

/zʊl.ɦɪd̪.d͡ʒɑː/

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

der

ذُو الحِجَّة

Arabic ذُو الحِجَّة (ḏū l-ḥijja)

surf

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


سنت ابراہیمی

ur-noun

سُنَّتِ اِبْرَاہِیمی

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

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

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

af

اِبْرَاہِیمِی

qurbani; the sacrifice of livestock on Eid ul-Adha


کھنڈر

ur-noun

کَھنْڈَر • (khanḍar) m (formal plural کَھنْڈَرات (khanḍarāt), Hindi spelling खंडर)

کَھنْڈَر (canonical)
khanḍar (romanization)
کَھنْڈَرات (formal plural)
खंडर (Hindi)
کَھنْڈَر (direct singular)
کَھنْڈَر (direct plural)
کَھنْڈَر (oblique singular)
کَھنْڈَروں (oblique plural)
کَھنْڈَر (singular vocative)
کَھنْڈَرو (plural vocative)
کَھنْڈَھر (alternative obsolete)

Inherited from Sanskrit खण्डघर (khaṇḍaghara). Equivalent to کَھنْڈ (khanḍ, “fragment”) + ـر (-ar), from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍá).


کن فیکون

ur-phrase

کُن فَیَکُون

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

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

کُنْ فَ یَ کُون

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

unadapted borrowing

كُنْ فَيَكُونُ

سَچ تُو ہی ہَے، خُدایَا
کُن فَیَکُون

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

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


ہانڈی

ur-noun

ہَانْڈی • (hānḍī) f (Hindi spelling हांडी)

ہَانْڈی (canonical)
hānḍī (romanization)
हांडी (Hindi)
ہَانْڈی (direct singular)
ہَانْڈِیاں (direct plural)
ہَانْڈی (oblique singular)
ہَانْڈِیوں (oblique plural)
ہَانْڈی (singular vocative)
ہَانْڈِیو (plural vocative)

Inherited from Middle Hindi هانڐي (hanḍy) (c. 1621), from Sanskrit हण्ड (haṇḍa). Cognate with Malvi हाँड़ी (hā̃ṛī), Bengali হাঁড়ী (hā̃ṛī), Marathi हंडा (haṇḍā).

ref

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

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

cog

Malvi हाँड़ी (hā̃ṛī)

Bengali হাঁড়ী (hā̃ṛī)

(cooking) A handi, a type of cooking pot typically made of earthenware or metal.


قصیدہ

ur-noun

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

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

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

etymon

قَصِیدَہ

ref

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

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

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


برہسپت

ur-proper noun

بِرْہَسْپَت • (birhaspat) m (Hindi spelling बृहस्पति)

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

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बृहस्पति (bṛhaspati).


کوثر

ur-noun

کَوثَر • (kausar) m (Hindi spelling कौसर)

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

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

ref

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

(religion) name of a fountain or river in Paradise

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


پسلی

ur-noun

پَسْلی • (paslī) f (Hindi spelling पसली)

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

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

etymon

پَسْلی

ref

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

(music) string or thread (of any instrument)


امام بارگاہ

ur-noun

اِمام بَارْگاہ

اِمام بَارْگاہ • (imām bārgāh) f (Hindi spelling इमाम बार्गाह)

tlb

(chiefly Shia Islam or generally Pakistan)

اِمام بَارْگاہ (canonical)
imām bārgāh (romanization)
इमाम बार्गाह (Hindi)
اِمام بَارْگاہ (direct singular)
اِمام بَارْگاہیں (direct plural)
اِمام بَارْگاہ (oblique singular)
اِمام بَارْگاہوں (oblique plural)
اِمام بَارْگاہ (singular vocative)
اِمام بَارْگاہو (plural vocative)

/ɪ.mɑːm bɑːɾ.ɡɑːɦ/

From اِمام (imām, “Imam”) + بَارْگاہ (bārgāh, “mosque”).


ٹکا

ٹَکا (canonical)
ṭakā (romanization)
टका (Hindi)

Inherited from Middle Hindi ٿکا (ṭka /ṭakā/) (c. 1639), derived from Sanskrit टङ्क (ṭaṅka).
Sense 1 is a semantic loan from Bengali টাকা (ṭaka). Cognate with Gujarati ટકો (ṭako).

ref

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

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṭaṅka¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 300

(numismatics) tanka (a copper coin worth two paisa)