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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian واقعه (vâqi'a), itself from Arabic وَاقِعَة (wāqiʕa).
Pronunciation
Noun
واقِعَہ • (vāqi'a) m (formal plural وَاقِعَات (vāqi'āt), Hindi spelling वाक़िया)
- event, incident
- episode
- occurrence
- encounter
- matter, tale, story
- Synonyms: وارِد (vārid), گھَٹْنا (ghaṭnā)
Further reading
- “واقعہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “واقعہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “واقعہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
Ushojo
Etymology
From Urdu واقعہ (vāqiʻa).
Noun
واقعہ (vāqiʻa)
- event, incident
- occurrence, encounter
- matter, tale, story