کشمیر
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /kaʃˈmiːɾ/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /kaʃˈmiːɾ/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /kæʃˈmiːɾ/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /kaʃˈmiɾ/
Proper noun
Dari | کشمیر |
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Tajik | Кашмир (Kašmir) |
کَشمیر • (kašmir)
- Kashmir
- 6th A.H., Abul-Ma'ālī Nasrullāh-i Munšī, "Kabūtar-i Tawq-dār [کبوتر طوقدار]", Kalīla u Dimna.
- آوردهاند که در ناحیت کشمیر متصیَّدی خوش و مرغزاری نزه بود که از عکس ریاحین او، پر زاغ چون دم طاووس نمودی و در پیش جمال او دم طاووس به پر زاغ مانستی.
- āwarda-and ki dar nāhiyat-i kašmīr mutasayyadē xwaš u marğzārē nazih būd ki az aks-i rayāhīn-i ū, par-i zāğ čun dum-i tāwūs namūdē wa dar pēš-i jamāl-i ū, dum-i tāwūs ba par-i zāğ mānistê.
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- Synonym: قشمیر (qešmir)
- 6th A.H., Abul-Ma'ālī Nasrullāh-i Munšī, "Kabūtar-i Tawq-dār [کبوتر طوقدار]", Kalīla u Dimna.
Derived terms
- کَشمیری (kašmiri)
Urdu
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Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian کشمیر (kašmīr), potentially also a learned borrowing from Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra), which is probably a contraction of कश्यपमीर (kaśyapamīra) or कश्यपमेरु (kaśyapameru). Compare Kashmiri کٔشیٖر (kạśīr).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kəʃ.miːɾ/
Audio (PK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːɾ
- Hyphenation: کَشْ‧مِیر
Proper noun
کَشْمِیر • (kaśmīr) m (Hindi spelling कश्मीर)
- Kashmir (a region of Indian subcontinent in South Asia).
- Azad Kashmir (an autonomous territory administered by Pakistan; capital: Muzaffarabad)
- Synonyms: آزاد کشمیر (āzād kaśmīr), آزاد جموں و کشمیر (āzād jammū̃ o kaśmīr)
- Jammu Kashmir (a union territory of India; capitals: Srinagar and Jammu)
- Synonyms: جموں و کشمیر (jammū̃ o kaśmīr), مقبوضہ کشمیر (maqbūẓa kaśmīr)
- Azad Kashmir (an autonomous territory administered by Pakistan; capital: Muzaffarabad)
Derived terms
- کشمیری (kaśmīrī, “Kashmiri”)
- کشمیریت (kaśmīriyat)
- وادیِ کشمیر (vādī-ye kaśmīr, “Kashmir valley”)
Descendants
- → English: Cashmere, cashmere
- → English: Kashmir (learned)
See also
- (Indian subcontinent) برصغیر ہند (barr-e-saġīr hind); بنگلہ دیش (baṅgla deś), بھوٹان (bhūṭān), ہندوستان (hindūstān), مالدیپ (māldīp), نیپال (nepāl), پاکستان (pākistān), سری لنکا (sirī laṅkā) (Category: ur:Indian subcontinent)
References
- “کشمیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “کشمیر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.