رانجھا

Urdu

Alternative forms

• رانجھَہ (rānjha)

Etymology

From Punjabi رانجھا (rāñjhā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːn.d͡ʒʱɑː/

Proper noun

رانجھا • (rānjhā) m (Hindi spelling रांझा)

1. Ranjha, the male hero of the classical Punjabi romantic legend

Coordinate terms

• ہیر (hīr)

References

• “رانجھا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رانجھا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “رانجھا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “رانجھا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.