برطانیہ
Urdu
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Etymology
editFrom Classical Persian برطانیه (biritâniya), from Arabic بِرِطَانِيَة (biriṭāniya) or بَرْطَانِيَة (barṭāniya), ultimately from Latin Britannia. Compare Pashto برطانيه (bartānya).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bəɾ.t̪ɑː.nɪ.jɑ(ː)/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Hyphenation: بَر‧طا‧نِ‧یَہ
Proper noun
editبَرْطانِیَہ • (bartāniya) m (Hindi spelling बर्तानिया)
- Britain; United Kingdom
- Synonym: بَرْطان (bartān)
Related terms
edit- بَرْطَانْوِی (bartānvī, “British”)
References
edit- “برطانیہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “برطانيہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- “برطانیہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.