Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian سپاره (sipāra), a compound of سی (, thirty) +‎ پاره (pāra, piece; part; portion). First attested as Old Hindi سپارہ (sipāra) in 1421 A.D.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

سِپارَہ (sipāram (Hindi spelling सिपारा)

  1. (Islam) [one juz of or wholly] thirty ajza of the Qur'an – the Qur'an.

Declension edit

Declension of سپارہ
singular plural
direct سپارہ (sipārah) سپارے (sipāre)
oblique سپارے (sipāre) سپاروں (sipārõ)
vocative سپارے (sipāre) سپارو (sipāro)

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Further reading edit

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