برصغیر
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Urdu
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Etymology
Derived from Classical Persian برِ صغیر (barr-e-sağîr), an ezafe compound formed out of بر (barr, “land, continent”) and صغیر (sağir, “small, minor”)
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bər(ː).e.sə.ɣiːɾ/
- Rhymes: -iːɾ
- Hyphenation: بَرْ‧رِ‧صَ‧غِیر
Noun
بَرِّصَغِیر • (barrisaġīr) m (Hindi spelling बर्रिसग़ीर)
- (chiefly) Indian subcontinent (a subcontinent in South Asia)
- (literally) subcontinent
Declension
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| direct | برصغیر (barr-i-saġīr) | (barr-i-saġīr) | ||||||
| oblique | (barr-i-saġīr) | (barr-i-saġīrõ) | ||||||
| vocative | (barr-i-saġīr) | (barr-i-saġīro) | ||||||
Related terms
- بَرِّاَعْظَم (barr-i-a'zam)
See also
- (Indian subcontinent) بَرِّصَغِیر ہِنْد (barrisaġīr hind); بَن٘گْلَہ دیش (baṅgla deś), بُھوٹان (bhūṭān), بھارَت (bhārat), مالْدِیپ (māldīp), نیپال (nepāl), پاکِسْتان (pākistān), سِری لَن٘کا (sirī laṅkā) (Category: ur:Indian subcontinent)