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Urdu
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ग्रहण (grahaṇa).
Pronunciation
Noun
گْرَہَن • (grahan) m (Hindi spelling ग्रहण)
- (astronomy) eclipse
- Hyponyms: (lunar eclipse) خُسُوف (xusūf), (solar eclipse) کُسُوف (kusūf)
Declension
Declension of گرہن
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singular
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plural
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direct
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گْرَہَن (grahan)
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گْرَہَن (grahan)
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oblique
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گْرَہَن (grahan)
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گْرَہَنوں (grahanõ)
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vocative
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گْرَہَن (grahan)
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گْرَہَنو (grahano)
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Further reading
- “گرہن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “گرہَن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گہن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 536
- Platts, John T. (1884) “گرهن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 907