برصغیر
Urdu
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برصغیر پاک و ہند
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Etymology
Derived from Classical Persian برِ صغیر (barr-e-saġîr), an ezafe compound formed out of بر (barr, “land, continent”) and صغیر (saġir, “small, minor”)
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bər(ː).e.sə.ɣiːɾ/
- Rhymes: -iːɾ
- Hyphenation: بَرْ‧رِ‧صَ‧غِیر
Noun
بَرِّصَغِیر • (barrisaġīr) m (Hindi spelling बर्रिसग़ीर)
- (chiefly) Indian subcontinent (a subcontinent in South Asia)
- (literally) subcontinent
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | برصغیر (barr-i-saġīr) | (barr-i-saġīr) |
| oblique | (barr-i-saġīr) | (barr-i-saġīrõ) |
| vocative | (barr-i-saġīr) | (barr-i-saġīro) |
Related terms
- بَرِّاَعْظَم (barr-i-a'zam)
See also
countries in the Indian subcontinent: بَرِّصَغِیر پاک و ہِنْد (barrisaġīr pāk o hind) (appendix)edit
- بَن٘گْلَہ دیش (baṅgla deś)
- بُھوٹان (bhūṭān)
- بھارَت (bhārat)
- سِری لَن٘کا (sirī laṅkā)
- مالْدِیپ (māldīp)
- نیپال (nepāl)
- پاکِسْتان (pākistān)