قاعدہ

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See also: قاعده and قاعدة

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قاعده (qā'ida), from Arabic قَاعِدَة (qāʕida). Compare Hindi क़ायदा (qāydā), Punjabi ਕ਼ਾਇਦਾ (qāidā) / قاعِدَہ (qā‘idah), Sindhi قاعِدو / क़ाइदो, Gujarati કાયદો (kāyado), Marathi कायदा (kāydā), Kannada ಕಾಯ್ದೆ (kāyde), Odia କାଇଦା (kaida).

Pronunciation

Noun

قاعِدَہ (qā‘idam (formal plural قواعد (qvā'd), Hindi spelling क़ायदा)

  1. abecedarium, primer
  2. custom, practice
  3. law, rule
    Synonyms: وْیاکَرَن (vyākaran), گْرامَر (grāmar)
  4. regulation, rule
  5. principle
  6. way, method, habit

Declension

Declension of قاعدہ
singular plural
direct قاعِدہ (qā‘idah) قاعِدے (qā‘ide)
oblique قاعِدے (qā‘ide) قاعِدوں (qā‘idõ)
vocative قاعِدے (qā‘ide) قاعِدو (qā‘ido)

Further reading

  • قاعدہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قاعِدَہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قاعده”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “قاعده”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.