شکریہ

See also: شكرية

Punjabi

Etymology

An Indo-Aryan innovation, derived from Arabic شُكْر (šukr, “thankfulness, gratitude”, the verbal noun of شَكَرَ (šakara, “to thank”)) + ـِيَّة (-iyya). Compare Bengali শুকরিয়া (śukriẏa), Dhivehi ޝުކުރިއްޔާ (šukuriyyā), Hindi शुक्रिया (śukriyā)/Urdu شُکْرِیَہ (śukriya) (see Arabic شُكْر (šukr) for all cognates).

Not borrowed from Arabic شُكْرِيَّة (šukriyya) nor from Persian شکریه (šokriyye), which don't have such meanings.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

شُکْرِیَہ • (śukriyah) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ)

1. thanks, thank you

Urdu

Etymology

An Indo-Aryan innovation, derived from Arabic شُكْر (šukr, “thankfulness, gratitude”, the verbal noun of شَكَرَ (šakara, “to thank”)) + ـِيَّة (-iyya). Compare Bengali শুকরিয়া (śukriẏa), Dhivehi ޝުކުރިއްޔާ (šukuriyyā), Hindi शुक्रिया (śukriyā), Punjabi ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (śukrīā)/شُکْرِیَہ (śukriyah) (see Arabic شُكْر (šukr) for all cognates).

Not borrowed from Arabic شُكْرِيَّة (šukriyya) nor from Persian شکریه (šokriyye), which don't have such meanings.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Interjection

شُکْرِیَہ • (śukriya) (Hindi spelling शुक्रिया)

1. thanks, thank you

Noun

شُکْرِیَہ • (śukriya) m (Hindi spelling शुक्रिया)

1. gratitude, thank

References

• “شکریہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شکریہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.