انبیاء

Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَنْبِیَاء (anbiyā'), from Arabic أَنْبِيَاء (ʔanbiyāʔ), plural of نَبِيّ (nabiyy).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /əm.bɪ.jɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: اَن٘‧بِ‧یاء

Noun

اَن٘بِیاء • (ambiyā') m pl (Hindi spelling अंबिया)

  1. plural of نَبی (nabī, “prophet”)

Further reading

  • “انبيا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “انبیا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “انبيا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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