حبشہ
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian حبشه (habša), from Arabic الحَبْشَة (al-ḥabša).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦəb.ʃɑ(ː)/
- Hyphenation: حَب‧شَہ
Proper noun edit
حَبَشَہ or حَبْشَہ • (habaśa or habśa) m (Hindi spelling हबशा or हब्शा)
- (historical) Alternative form of حَبَش (habaś, “Abyssinia”)
Further reading edit
- “حبشہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “حبشہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “حبشی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.