بہر حال

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بهر حال (ba-har hāl), from به (ba, “in”) +‎ هر (har, “each”) +‎ حال (hāl, “condition”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.ɦəɾ.ɦɑːl/, [bɑ.ɦəɾ.ɦɑːl]
• Rhymes: -ɑːl
• Hyphenation: بَ‧ہَر‧حال

Adverb

بَہَر حال • (bahar hāl) (Hindi spelling बहरहाल)

1. in any case
   1. anyways, anyhow
   2. nevertheless

Further reading

• “bahar-haal”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “حال”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 270