علیحدہ
Urdu edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Likely borrowed from Classical Persian علیحده. Univerbation of Arabic عَلَى حِدَة (ʕalā ḥida, “being solitary”, literally “upon solitude”). Cognate with Bengali আলাদা (alada).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ə.lɛː.ɦɪ.d̪ɑː/, /(ʔ)ə.lɑː.ɦɪ.d̪ɑː/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /ə.ləɦ.d̪ɑː/ [ə.lɛʱ.d̪ɑː]
Adjective edit
عَلَیحِدَہ • ('alaihida) (Hindi spelling अलहदा)
Related terms edit
- عَلَیحِدَگی ('alaihidagī)
Adverb edit
عَلَیحِدَہ • ('alaihida) (Hindi spelling अलहदा)
Further reading edit
- “علیحدہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “علیحدہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “علٰحده”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.