سلسلہ

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See also: سلسله and سلسلة

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سلسله (silsila), from Arabic سِلْسِلَة (silsila). First attested in 1707 A.D.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sɪl.sɪ.lɑ(ː)/
  • Audio (PK)(file)
  • Hyphenation: سِل‧سِ‧لَہ

Noun

سِلْسِلَہ • (silsila) m (Hindi spelling सिलसिला)

  1. (literally) chain, shackle
    Synonym: زَنْجِیر (zanjīr)
  2. line, sequence, chain (narrow and blended meaning)
    Synonym: قَطار (qatār)
  3. series
  4. descent (of a dynasty)
  5. connection, relation
    Synonyms: تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq), واسْطَہ (vāsta), رَبْط (rabt)
  6. (by extension, poetic, figurative) affair, relationship
    Synonym: مُعامَلَہ (mu'āmala)
  7. a source of help, assistance
    Synonyms: وَسِیلَہ (vasīla), ذَرِیعَہ (zarī'a)
  8. matter (ie. issue)
  9. way; method
    Synonym: طَرِیقَہ (tarīqa)
  10. (publishing) volume (of a book etc.)
    Synonym: جِلْد (jild)

Declension

Declension of سلسلہ
singular plural
direct سِلْسِلہ (silsilah) سِلْسِلے (silsile)
oblique سِلْسِلے (silsile) سِلْسِلوں (silsilõ)
vocative سِلْسِلے (silsile) سِلْسِلو (silsilo)

Further reading

  • “سلسلہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “سلسلہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سلسلہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “سلسله”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “سلسلہ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “سلسله”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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