उर्फ़
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Hindi[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- उर्फ (urph) (nuqtaless)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic عُرْف (ʕurf). Compare Bengali ওরফে (ōrophe).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
उर्फ़ • (urf) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling عرف)
- alias ..., known as ...
- मोहनदास उर्फ़ महात्मा ― mohandās urf mahātmā ― Mohandas also known as Mahatma
See also[edit]
- उपनाम (upnām)
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “उर्फ़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press