لحظہ

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Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian لحظه (lahza), itself from Arabic لَحْظَة (laḥẓa).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

لَحْظَہ (laḥz̤ahm (Hindi spelling लहज़ा)

  1. moment, instant
    Synonyms: پَل (pal), لَمْحَہ (lamḥa)
    • c. 1900, علامہ اقبال [Allama Iqbal], مردِ مسلمان[1]:
      ہر لحظہ ہے مومن کی نئی شان، نئی آن
      har laḥz̤a hai momin kī nay'ī śān, nay'ī ān
      Every moment is a glory, a splendour for a believer

Declension[edit]

Declension of لحظہ
singular plural
direct لَحْظہ (lahzah) لَحْظے (lahze)
oblique لَحْظے (lahze) لَحْظوں (lahzõ)
vocative لَحْظے (lahze) لَحْظو (lahzo)

References[edit]

  • لحظہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • لحظہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.