رمہ

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian رمه (rama, “herd, flock; troop”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾəm.ɑ(ː)/

Noun

رمہ • (rama) m (Hindi spelling रमा)

1. (military) battalion
2. troop, company; body; multitude
3. flock, herd, bevy

Related terms

• دستہ (dasta)

References

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