کشمیر

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kaʃ.ˈmiːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.míːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.míːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.míːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.míɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæʃ.míːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.míɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kašmīr
Dari reading?	kašmīr
Iranian reading?	kašmir
Tajik reading?	kašmir

Proper noun

Dari	کشمیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Кашмир

کَشمیر • (kašmir)

1. Kashmir (a contested geographic region of South Asia in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, located between (and de facto divided between) India, Pakistan and China)
   • 6th A.H., Abul-Ma'ālī Nasrullāh-i Munšī, "Kabūtar-i Tawq-dār [کبوتر طوق‌دار]", Kalīla u Dimna.

     آورده‌اند که در ناحیت کشمیر متصیَّدی خوش و مرغزاری نزه بود که از عکس ریاحین او، پر زاغ چون دم طاووس نمودی و در پیش جمال او دم طاووس به پر زاغ مانستی.

     âvarda-and ki dar nâhiyat-i kašmîr mutasayyadê xwaš u marġzârê nazih bûd ki az aks-i rayâhîn-i û, par-i zâġ čun dum-i tâvûs namûdê va dar pêš-i jamâl-i û, dum-i tâvûs ba par-i zâġ mânistê.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   Synonym: قشمیر (qešmir)

Derived terms

• کَشمیری (kašmiri)

Urdu

Picture dictionary

کشمیر

لداخ

پاکستان

جموں
و
کشمیر

گلگت بلتستان

افغانستان

چین

بھارت

اکسائی چن

آزاد
کشمیر

Picture dictionary

کشمیر

کشمیر

جموں

سری نگر

کارگل

لیہہ

سکردو

گلگت

مظفر آباد

میرپور

پاکستان

افغانستان

چین

ہندوستان

کشمیر

کشمیر

پاکستان

پاکستان

برصغیر ہند

برصغیر ہند

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کشمیر (kašmīr), potentially also a learned borrowing from Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra), which is probably a contraction of कश्यपमीर (kaśyapamīra) or कश्यपमेरु (kaśyapameru). Compare Kashmiri کٔشیٖر (kạśīr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kəʃ.miːɾ/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -iːɾ
• Hyphenation: کَشْ‧مِیر

Proper noun

کَشْمِیر • (kaśmīr) m (Hindi spelling कश्मीर)

1. Kashmir (a contested geographic region of South Asia in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, located between (and de facto divided between) India, Pakistan and China)
   1. Azad Kashmir (an autonomous territory administered by Pakistan; capital: Muzaffarabad)

      Synonyms: آزاد کشمیر (āzād kaśmīr), آزاد جموں و کشمیر (āzād jammū̃ o kaśmīr)

   2. Jammu Kashmir (a union territory of India; capitals: Srinagar and Jammu)

      Synonyms: جموں و کشمیر (jammū̃ o kaśmīr), مقبوضہ کشمیر (maqbūẓa kaśmīr)

Derived terms

• کشمیری (kaśmīrī, “Kashmiri”)
• کشمیریت (kaśmīriyat)
• وادیِ کشمیر (vādī-ye kaśmīr, “Kashmir valley”)

Descendants

• → English: Cashmere, cashmere
• → English: Kashmir (learned)

See also

countries in the Indian subcontinent: بَرِّصَغِیر ہِنْد (barrisaġīr hind) (appendix)edit

• بَن٘گْلَہ دیش (baṅgla deś)
• بُھوٹان (bhūṭān)
• بھارَت (bhārat)
• سِری لَن٘کا (sirī laṅkā)
• مالْدِیپ (māldīp)
• نیپال (nepāl)
• پاکِسْتان (pākistān)

References

• “کشمیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “کشمیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.