یرغمال

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یرغمال (yarğamāl), from Chagatai یرغمال (yarğamāl).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jəɾ.ɣə.mɑːl/

Noun

یَرْغَمال • (yarğamāl) m (Hindi spelling यर्ग़माल)

1. hostage, bail
2. security

References

• “یرغمال”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “یرغمال”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.