البتہ
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian البته (albatte), from Arabic الْبَتَّةَ (al-battata).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /əl.bət̪.t̪ɑː/
Adverb
اَلبَتَّہ • (albattah) (Hindi spelling अलबत्ता)
- although, but
- of course, surely, certainly
Conjunction
اَلبَتَّہ • (albattah) (Hindi spelling अलबत्ता)
- but, however
References
- “البتہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “البتہ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.