انبیاء

Urdu

Alternative forms

• اَن٘بِیا (ambiyā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian انبياء (ambiyāʼ), from Arabic أَنْبِيَاء (ʔanbiyāʔ), plural of نَبِيّ (nabiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əm.bɪ.jɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: اَن٘‧بِ‧یاء

Noun

اَن٘بِیاء • (ambiyā') m pl (Hindi spelling अंबिया)

1. plural of نَبی (nabī, “prophet”)

Further reading

• “انبيا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “انبیا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “انبيا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.