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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اَفْسَانَه (afsāna). Doublet of فَسانَہ (fasāna).
Pronunciation
Noun
اَفْسانَہ • (afsānah) m (Hindi spelling अफ़साना or अफ़्साना)
- fable, legend, myth, romance
- Synonym: اُسطُورَہ (ustūra)
- tale, story
- Synonyms: کَہانی (kahānī), قِصَّہ (qissa), داسْتان (dāstān)
Declension
References
- “افسانہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.