Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian قرضه (qarza). By surface analysis, قرض (qarẓ, loan) +‎ ہ (ah).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

قَرْضَہ (qarẓam (Hindi spelling क़र्ज़ा)

  1. debt (loan)
    Synonyms: قَرْض (qarz), اُدھار (udhār)

Declension edit

Declension of قرضہ
singular plural
direct قرضہ (qarẓah) قرضے (qarẓe)
oblique قرضے (qarẓe) قرضوں (qarẓõ)
vocative قرضے (qarẓe) قرضو (qarẓo)

Further reading edit

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