بمبئی

Persian

Alternative forms

  • بَمبَیی (bambayi)

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? bamba'i

Proper noun

Dari مُمبَی
Iranian Persian بَمبئی
Tajik Мумбай

بمبئی • (bamba'ī)

  1. Mumbai (a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Bombaim.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

بَمْبَئی • (bambaī) f (Hindi spelling बंबई)

  1. Bombay (former name of Mumbai, a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India)

Synonyms

Further reading

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “بمبئي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 167
  • “بمبئی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • “بمبئی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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