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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian همایون (humāyūn), from Middle Persian.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ہُمایُوں • (humāyū̃) (Hindi spelling हुमायूँ)
- blessed, sacred, fortunate
- august, royal, imperial
Proper noun
ہُمایُوں • (humāyū̃) m (Hindi spelling हुमायूँ)
- name of several monarchs
Further reading
- “ہمایوں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “همايون”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “ہمایوں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.