نصرانی

نصرانی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَصْرَانِي‎ (naṣrānī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nəs.ɾɑː.niː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː.niː

Noun

نصرانی • (nasrānī) m or f (plural نصاریٰ‎, Hindi spelling नसरानी) (rare)

1. (Islam) Christian

   Synonyms: عیسائی‎ (īsāī), مسیحی‎ (masīhī)

2. Saint Thomas Christian(Mar Thoma Nasrani)

   Synonyms: مار توما مسیحی‎ (mār tomā masīhī), ملنکرا نصرانی‎ (malaṅkarā nasrānī)

References

• “نصرانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “نصرانی”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.