چاند
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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀁𑀤 (caṃda), from Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá).
Pronunciation
Noun
چانْد • (cānd) m (Hindi spelling चांद)
- (astronomy) moon
- Synonym: قَمَر (qamar)
- (by extension) a lunar month
- (by extension) the last day of the month.
- silver
- a crown.
- Synonym: تاج (tāj)
- (figuratively) a loved one (a child or love etc.)
Declension
| Declension of چاند | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | چاند (cānd) | چاند (cānd) |
| oblique | چاند (cānd) | چاندوں (cāndō̃) |
| vocative | چاند (cānd) | چاندو (cāndō) |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “چاند”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “چاند”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چاند”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “candrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press