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Urdu
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Classical Persian علیحده. Univerbation of Arabic عَلَى حِدَة (ʕalā ḥida, “being solitary”, literally “upon solitude”). Cognate with Bengali আলাদা (alada).
Pronunciation
Adjective
عَلَیحِدَہ • ('alaihida) (Hindi spelling अलहदा)
- separate, apart from, asunder, disconnected, distinct
- Synonym: الگ (alag)
Adverb
عَلَیحِدَہ • ('alaihida) (Hindi spelling अलहदा)
- separately, apiece
Further reading
- “علیحدہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “علیحدہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “علٰحده”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.