ظہرانہ

Kohistani Shina

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu ظُہْرانَہ (z̤uhrāna).

Noun

ظُہْرانَہ (z̤uhrāna)

1. lunch

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ظهرانه (z̤uhrāna). By surface analysis, ظہر (z̤uhr, “midday; noon; dhuhr”) +‎ ـانہ (āna).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): [zoɦ.ɾɑː.nɑ(ː)]

Noun

ظُہْرانَہ • (z̤uhrāna) m (Hindi spelling ज़ोहराना)

1. lunch, lunchtime meal

Declension

Declension of ظہرانہ
	singular	plural
direct	ظُہْرانہ (z̤uhrānah)	ظُہْرانے (z̤uhrāne)
oblique	ظُہْرانے (z̤uhrāne)	ظُہْرانوں (z̤uhrānõ)
vocative	ظُہْرانے (z̤uhrāne)	ظُہْرانو (z̤uhrāno)

Further reading

• “ظہرانہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ظہرانہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.