استحکام
See also: استحكام
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اِسْتِحْکَام (istihkām), from Arabic اِسْتِحْكَام (istiḥkām).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪs.t̪ɪɦ.kɑːm/, [ɪs.t̪eɦ.kɑːm]
- (Punjabic Urdu) IPA(key): [ɪs.t̪ɛɦ.kɑːm]
- Rhymes: -ɑːm
- Hyphenation: اِس‧تِح‧کام
Noun
اِسْتِحْکام • (istihkām) m (Hindi spelling इस्तेहकाम or इस्तहकाम)
- establishment, stability, firmness, corroboration, ratification, fastness, prolongation
- (figuratively) courage
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اِسْتِحْکام (istihkām) | اِسْتِحْکام (istihkām) |
| oblique | اِسْتِحْکام (istihkām) | اِسْتِحْکاموں (istihkāmõ) |
| vocative | اِسْتِحْکام (istihkām) | اِسْتِحْکامو (istihkāmo) |
See also
Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root ح ك م (0 c, 3 e)
Further reading
- “استحکام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “استحکام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “استحکام”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “استحکام”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “استحکام”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC