ترجمہ

See also: ترجمة, ترجمه, and برجمة

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Akkadian 𒅴𒁄 (targumannum)

Classical Syriac ܬܪܓܡܢܐ (targmānā)denom.

Classical Syriac ܬܰܪܓܶܡder.?

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Classical Syriac ܬܰܪܓܡܳܢܳܐ (targmānā)bor.

Arabic تَرْجُمَان (tarjumān)bf.?

Arabic تَرْجَمَ (tarjama)

Arabic تَرْجَمَة (tarjama)bor.

Classical Persian تَرْجُمَه (tarjuma)bor.

Urdu ترجمہ

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَرْجُمَه (tarjuma), borrowed from Arabic تَرْجَمَة (tarjama).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪əɾ.d͡ʒə.mɑ(ː)/
• (common) IPA^(key): /t̪əɾ.d͡ʒʊ.mɑ(ː)/
• Hyphenation: تَر‧جُ‧مَہ

Noun

تَرْجَمَہ • (tarjama) m (Hindi spelling तर्जुमा)

1. (linguistics) translation; interpretation
2. (rare) rendering, rendition

Declension

Declension of ترجمہ

	singular	plural
direct	تَرْجَمَہ (tarjamah)	تَرْجَمے (tarjame)
oblique	تَرْجَمے (tarjame)	تَرْجَموں (tarjamõ)
vocative	تَرْجَمے (tarjame)	تَرْجَمو (tarjamo)

Derived terms

• تَرْجَمانَوِیس (tarjamānavīs, “translator, interpreter”)
• تَرْجَمَہ کَرْنا (tarjama karnā, “to translate”)
• تَرْجَمَہ ہونا (tarjama honā, “to be translated”)

Related terms

• تَرْجُمان (tarjumān, “translator, interpreter”)

Further reading

• “ترجمہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ترجمہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ترجمہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.