سنگ بستہ

Urdu

Etymology

From سَن٘گ (saṅg, “stone”) +‎ بَسْتَہ (basta, “tied, bound”), literally “stone-bound”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səŋɡ bəs.t̪ɑː/

Adjective

سَن٘گ بَسْتَہ • (saṅg basta) (Hindi spelling संग बस्ता)

1. rocky
2. a compound with a stone wall
3. (figurative) stable, firm; strong
4. (figurative) cruel

Related terms

• سَن٘گ (saṅg)

References

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