خزاں

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خزان (xazān), probably from Bactrian. First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi خزاں (xzaṉ).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xɪ.zɑ̃ː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃ː
  • Hyphenation: خِ‧زاں

Noun

خِزاں • (xizā̃) f (Hindi spelling ख़िज़ाँ)

  1. fall, autumn (season of the year)
  2. autumn, old age
    Antonym: بَہَار (bahār)
  3. (figurative) decay

Declension

Declension of خزاں
singular plural
direct خِزاں (xizā̃) خِزائیں (xizāẽ)
oblique خِزاں (xizā̃) خِزاؤں (xizāõ)
vocative خِزاں (xizā̃) خِزاؤں (xizāõ)

See also

Seasons in Urdu · مَوسَم (mausam) (layout · text) · category
بَہَار (bahār) گَرْمی (garmī) خِزاں (xizā̃) سَرْدِی (sardī)

References

  1. ^ “خزاں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

  • “خزاں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “خزاں”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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