چہار شنبہ

Urdu

Etymology

First attested in c. 1649 as Middle Hindi چہار شنبہ (cahār śanba), borrowed from Classical Persian چهارشنبه (čahāršanba).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.ɦɑːɾ.ʃən.bɑ(ː)/

Noun

چَہار شَنبَہ • (cahār śanba) m (Hindi spelling चहार शनबा)

1. (Deccani) Wednesday

   Synonym: بُدھ (budh)

See also

Days of the week in Urdu · ہَفْتے کے دِن (hafte ke din) (layout · text)
اِتْوَار (itvār)	پِیر (pīr), سومْوَار (somvār)	مَن٘گَل (maṅgal)	بُدھ (budh)	جُمِعْرات (jumi'rāt)	جُمْعَہ (jum'a)	سَنِیچَر (sanīcar), ہَفْتَہ (hafta), شَنْبَہ (śanba)

Further reading

• “شنبہ چہار شنبہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شنبہ چہار شنبہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چہارشنبہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 262
• Platts, John T. (1884) “چہار شنبہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 456