उर्फ़
Hindi
editAlternative forms
edit- उर्फ (urph) (nuqtaless)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Arabic عُرْف (ʕurf). Compare Bengali ওরফে (ōrophe).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editउर्फ़ • (urf) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling عرف)
- alias ..., known as ...
- मोहनदास उर्फ़ महात्मा ― mohandās urf mahātmā ― Mohandas also known as Mahatma
See also
edit- उपनाम (upnām)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “उर्फ़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press