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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit पुरातन (purātana).
Pronunciation
Adjective
پُراتَن • (purātan) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling पुरातन)
- Alternative form of پُراتَم (purātam, “ancient, old, earliest”)
- Synonym: قدیم (qadīm)
- Synonym: پرانا (purānā)
Further reading
- “پراتن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “پراتن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.