Urdu edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Persian فَرْهَنْگ (farhang, dictionary; knowledge).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

فَرْہَن٘گ (farhaṅgf (Hindi spelling फ़र्हंग)

  1. dictionary, lexicon; glossary, vocabulary
  2. wisdom, intellect; knowledge
  3. elegance, refinement

Declension edit

Declension of فرہنگ
singular plural
direct فرہنگ (farhang) فرہنگ (farhang)
oblique فرہنگ (farhang) فرہنگوں (farhangō̃)
vocative فرہنگ (farhang) فرہنگو (farhangō)

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • فرہنگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “فرہنگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884) “فرہنگ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • فرہنگ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.