لحظہ

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Urdu

Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian لَحْظَه (lahza), borrowed from Arabic لَحْظَة (laḥẓa).[1] First attested in c. 1649 as Middle Hindi لحظہ (lḥz̤h).[2]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    لَحْظَہ (lahzam (Hindi spelling लहज़ा)

    1. moment, instant
      Synonyms: پَل (pal), لَمْحَہ (lamha)
      • c. 1900, علامہ اقبال, مردِ مسلمان:
        ہر لحظہ ہے مومن کی نئی شان، نئی آن
        har laḥz̤a hai momin kī nay'ī śān, nay'ī ān
        Every moment is a glory, a splendour for a believer
    2. a look; glance[1][3]

    Declension

        Declension of لحظہ
    singular plural
    direct لَحْظَہ (lahzah) لَحْظے (lahze)
    oblique لَحْظے (lahze) لَحْظوں (lahzõ)
    vocative لَحْظے (lahze) لَحْظو (lahzo)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Platts, John T. (1884) “لحظه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 954
    2. ^ لحظہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    3. ^ John Shakespear (1834) “لحظه”, 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

    Further reading

    • لحظہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “لحظہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
    • S. W. Fallon (1879) “لحظه”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1042