قہقہہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قهقه (qahqah) from Arabic قَهْقَهَ (qahqaha).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qəɦ.qə.ɦɑː/

Noun

قَہْقَہَہ • (qahqahah) m (Hindi spelling क़हक़हा)

1. laughter, loud laughter

References

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