گرہن

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ग्रहण (grahaṇa).

Pronunciation

Noun

گْرَہَن (grahanm (Hindi spelling ग्रहण)

  1. (astronomy) eclipse
    Hyponyms: (lunar eclipse) خُسُوف (xusūf), (solar eclipse) کُسُوف (kusūf)

Declension

    Declension of گرہن
singular plural
direct گْرَہَن (grahan) گْرَہَن (grahan)
oblique گْرَہَن (grahan) گْرَہَنوں (grahanõ)
vocative گْرَہَن (grahan) گْرَہَنو (grahano)

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