کالی جمعرات
Urdu
editEtymology
editFrom کَالی (kālī, “black”) + جُمِعْرَات (jumi'rāt, “Thursday”), literally “a black Thursday”.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kɑː.liː d͡ʒʊ.mɪʔ.ɾɑːt̪/, [kɑː.liː d͡ʒʊ.meː.ɾɑːt̪]
Noun
editکَالی جُمِعْرَات • (kālī jumi'rāt) f (Hindi spelling काली जुमेरात) (idiomatic)
- the Greek calends; the first of never
- 2002, Abid Tahami, اِلَیکْشَین، ۲ [ilaikśain, 2, Election, 2], →OCLC, page 228:
- اخبار ساؤتھ ایشیا ٹربیون کے مطابق 10 اکتوبر مشرف کیلئے کالی جمعرات ثابت ہوا ہے۔
- axbār sāuth eśiyā ṭiribiyūn ke mutābiq 10 aktūbar muśarraf kelie kālī jumi'rāt sābit huvā hai.
- According to the newspaper the South Asia Tribune, the 10th of October has proved to be the first of never for Musharraf.
Declension
edit| Declension of کالی جمعرات | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | کَالی جُمِعْرَات (kālī jumi'rāt) | کَالی جُمِعْرَاتیں (kālī jumi'rātẽ) |
| oblique | کَالی جُمِعْرَات (kālī jumi'rāt) | کَالی جُمِعْرَاتوں (kālī jumi'rātõ) |
| vocative | کَالی جُمِعْرَات (kālī jumi'rāt) | کَالی جُمِعْرَاتو (kālī jumi'rāto) |
Further reading
edit- “کالی+جمعرات”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “kaalii-jume'raat”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “جمعرات”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.