پریکشا

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit परीक्षा (parīkṣā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pə.ɾiːk.ʃɑː/
• Hyphenation: پَ‧رِیکْ‧شَا
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

پَرِیکْشَا • (parīkśā) f (Hindi spelling परीक्षा) (rare)

1. examination, test, trial

   Synonyms: اِمْتِحَان (imtihān), آزْمَائِش (āzmāiś); see also Thesaurus:پریکشا

Declension

Declension of پریکشا

	singular	plural
direct	پَرِیکْشا (parīkśā)	پَرِیکْشائیں (parīkśāẽ)
oblique	پَرِیکْشا (parīkśā)	پَرِیکْشاؤں (parīkśāõ)
vocative	پَرِیکْشا (parīkśā)	پَرِیکْشاؤ (parīkśāo)

References

• “پریکشا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “پريکشا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 260
• “پریکشا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.