واقعہ

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Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian واقعه (vâqi'a), itself from Arabic وَاقِعَة (wāqiʕa).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʋɑː.qɪ.(ʔ)ɑ(ː)/
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Noun[edit]

واقِعَہ (vāqi'am (formal plural وَاقِعَات (vāqi'āt), Hindi spelling वाक़िया)

  1. event, incident
  2. episode
  3. occurrence
  4. encounter
  5. matter, tale, story
    Synonyms: وارِد (vārid), گھَٹْنا (ghaṭnā)

Further reading[edit]

  • واقعہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • واقعہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “واقعہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.

Ushojo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Urdu واقعہ (vāqiʻa).

Noun[edit]

واقعہ (vāqiʻa)

  1. event, incident
  2. occurrence, encounter
  3. matter, tale, story