نعم البدل
Urdu
FWOTD – 24 February 2023
Etymology
From نِعَم (ni’am, “blessing”) + ال (al) + بَدَل (badal, “exchange”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nɪ.(ʔ)mʊl.bə.d̪əl/, /neː.mʊl.bə.d̪əl/
- Rhymes: -əl
Noun
نِعْمُ البَدَل • (ni’mu lbadal) m
- better alternative, substitute, good returns, change for the better (especially, but not limited to, after incurring a loss)
- 1891, محاسن الاخلاق – maḥāsin alixlāq, page 722:
- نوجوان عورت کا بچہ مرجائے تو اس کو خدا سے نعم البدل ملنے کی امید رکھنی چاہیے۔
- naujawān ‘aurat kā baccah marjā'ye to us ko xudā se niʻmu lbadal milne kī ummīd rakhnī cāhīye.
- If a young woman's child dies, she should hope to receive a better return from God.
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References
- “نعم+البدل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “ne'mul-badal”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.