Urdu

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Etymology

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From سال (sāl, year) +‎ گِرَہ (girah, knot).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سالْگِرَہْ (sālgirahf (Hindi spelling सालगिरह)

  1. birthday (year of birth)
    Synonym: (mainly India) جَنْم دِن (janm din)
  2. anniversary

Declension

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Declension of سالگرہ
singular plural
direct سالگرہ (sālgirah) سالگرہیں (sālgirahẽ)
oblique سالگرہ (sālgirah) سالگرہوں (sālgirahõ)
vocative سالگرہ (sālgirah) سالگرہو (sālgiraho)

Further reading

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  • سالگرہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سال”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.