واقعہ

واقعہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian واقعه‎‎‎ (vâqi'a), itself from Arabic وَاقِعَة‎‎ (wāqiʿa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.qɪ.(ʔ)ɑ(ː)/

Noun

واقِعَہ • (vāqiʻa) m (plural واقعات‎, Hindi spelling वाक़िया)

1. event, incident
2. episode
3. occurrence
4. encounter
5. matter, tale, story

References

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

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Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu واقعہ‎ (vāqiʻa).

Noun

واقعہ (vāqiʻa)

1. event, incident
2. occurrence, encounter
3. matter, tale, story