علیحدہ
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Urdu[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Likely borrowed from Classical Persian علیحده. Univerbation of Arabic عَلَى حِدَة (ʕalā ḥida, “being solitary”, literally “upon solitude”). Cognate with Bengali আলাদা (alada).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ə.lɛː.ɦɪ.d̪ɑː/, /(ʔ)ə.lɑː.ɦɪ.d̪ɑː/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /ə.ləɦ.d̪ɑː/ [ə.lɛʱ.d̪ɑː]
Adjective[edit]
عَلَیحِدَہ • ('alaihida) (Hindi spelling अलहदा)
Related terms[edit]
- عَلَیحِدَگی ('alaihidagī)
Adverb[edit]
عَلَیحِدَہ • ('alaihida) (Hindi spelling अलहदा)
Further reading[edit]
- “علیحدہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “علیحدہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “علٰحده”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.