علیحدہ

Urdu

Alternative forms

• عَلٰحِدَہ ('alāhida), عَلاحِدَہ ('alāhida) (dated or obsolete)

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Classical Persian علیحده. Univerbation of Arabic عَلَى حِدَة (ʕalā ḥida, “separately, by oneself, by one’s own, being solitary”, literally “on solitariness, upon solitude”). Cognate with Bengali আলাদা (alada).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ə.lɛː.ɦɪ.d̪ɑː/, /(ʔ)ə.lɑː.ɦɪ.d̪ɑː/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ə.ləɦ.d̪ɑː/ [ə.lɛʱ.d̪ɑː]

Adjective

عَلَیحِدَہ • ('alaihida) (Hindi spelling अलहदा)

1. different, various

   Synonym: الگ (alag)

2. separate, apart from, asunder, disconnected, distinct

   Synonyms: الگ (alag), الگ الگ (alag-alag)

Related terms

• عَلَیحِدَگی ('alaihidagī)

Adverb

عَلَیحِدَہ • ('alaihida) (Hindi spelling अलहदा)

1. separately, apiece

Further reading

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