استحکام

See also: استحكام

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِسْتِحْکام (istihkām), from Arabic اِسْتِحْكَام (istiḥkām).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪs.t̪ɪɦ.kɑːm/, [ɪs.t̪eɦ.kɑːm]
• (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): [ɪs.t̪ɛɦ.kɑːm]
• Rhymes: -ɑːm
• Hyphenation: اِس‧تِح‧کام

Noun

اِسْتِحْکام • (istihkām) m (Hindi spelling इस्तेहकाम or इस्तहकाम)

1. establishment, stability, firmness, corroboration, ratification, fastness, prolongation
2. (figuratively) courage

Declension

Declension of استحکام
	singular	plural
direct	اِسْتِحْکام (istihkām)	اِسْتِحْکام (istihkām)
oblique	اِسْتِحْکام (istihkām)	اِسْتِحْکاموں (istihkāmō̃)
vocative	اِسْتِحْکام (istihkām)	اِسْتِحْکامو (istihkāmō)

See also

Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root ح ك م‎ (0 c, 2 e)

Further reading

• “استحکام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “استحکام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “استحکام”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “استحکام”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “استحکام”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC