فرشتہ

See also: فرشته

Urdu

Etymology

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Middle Persian plystk'

Classical Persian فِرِشْتَه (firišta)bor.

Urdu فَرِشْتَہ

Borrowed from Classical Persian فِرِشْتَه (firišta). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi فرشتہ (frśth /⁠firiśta⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fə.ɾɪʃ.t̪ɑ(ː)/
  • (dated) IPA^(key): /fɪ.ɾɪʃ.t̪ɑ(ː)/
• Hyphenation: فَِ‧رِشْ‧تَہ

Noun

فَرِشْتَہ • (fariśta) m (formal plural فِرِشْتَگان (firiśtagān), Hindi spelling फ़रिश्ता)

1. angel

   Synonym: مَلَک (malak)

2. (by extension) a messenger, apostle
3. (figuratively) a pure-hearted, selfless person.
4. (figuratively) a saviour from God in the form of an angel

Declension

Declension of فرشتہ

	singular	plural
direct	فَرِشْتَہ (fariśtah)	فَرِشْتے (fariśte)
oblique	فَرِشْتے (fariśte)	فَرِشْتوں (fariśtõ)
vocative	فَرِشْتے (fariśte)	فَرِشْتو (fariśto)

Further reading

• “فرشتہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “فرشتہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “فرشته”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]