برطانیہ
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برطانیہ
Alternative forms
[edit]- بَرْطان (bartān)
Etymology
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Urdu بَرْطانِیَہ
From Classical Persian بِرِطَانِیَه (biritāniya), from Arabic بِرِطَانِيَة (biriṭāniya) or بَرْطَانِيَة (barṭāniya), ultimately from Latin Britannia. Compare Pashto برطانيه (bartānya).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bəɾ.t̪ɑː.nɪ.jɑ(ː)/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Hyphenation: بَر‧طا‧نِ‧یَہ
Proper noun
[edit]بَرْطانِیَہ • (bartāniya) m (Hindi spelling बर्तानिया)
- (loosely) Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)
- Britain (great Britain, a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales; especially (but not exclusively) during antiquity)
Related terms
[edit]- بَرْطَانْوِی (bartānvī, “British”)
References
[edit]- “برطانیہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “برطانيہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- “برطانیہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
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