لہذا

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لِهٰذا (lihāzā), from Arabic لِهٰذَا (lihāḏā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lɪ.ɦɑː.zɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: لِ‧ہا‧ذا

Adverb

لِہٰذا • (lihāzā) (Hindi spelling लिहाज़ा)

1. therefore, thus, hence

   Synonyms: سو (so), پس (pas), اسی لئے (isī li'ye)

Further reading

• “لہذا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “لہذا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “لہذا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.