سرمایہ
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian سَرمایه (sarmāya, “capital”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /səɾ.mɑː.jɑ(ː)/
Audio (Pakistan): (file)
Noun
سرمایہ • (sarmāya) m (Hindi spelling सरमाया)
- (business, finance) capital
- wealth; financial means
- materials, goods, stuff
- the most important possessions of one's life, the most vital belongings of one's life
- میرے بچے اور میرے شوہر میرے سرمایہ ہیں
- mēre bace aur mēre šauhar mēre sarmāya hai
- my children and my husband are the most important possessions of my life
- the principle amount of something
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | سَرمایہَ (sarmāya) | سَرمایہَیں (sarmāyaẽ) |
| oblique | سَرمایہَ (sarmāya) | سَرمایہَوں (sarmāyaõ) |
| vocative | سَرمایہَ (sarmāya) | سَرمایہَو (sarmāyao) |
Derived terms
- تَقسِیمِ سَرمایَہ (taqsīm-e-sarmāya, “capital distribution”)
- سرْمایَۂ حَیات (sarmāya-e-hayāt, “earnings of a lifetime”)
- سَرمایَہ دار (sarmāya-dār, “capitalist”)
- سَرمایَہ دارانَہ (sarmāya-dārāna, “capitalistic”)
- سَرمایَہ دارِی (sarmāya-dārī, “capitalism”)
- سَرمایَہ پَرَستی (sarmāya-parastī, “money-idolatry”)
- سَرمایَہ کار (sarmāya-kār, “investor”)
- سَرمایَۂ مَحفُوظ (sarmāya-e-mahfūz, “savings”)
- سَرْمایَہ کاری (sarmāya-kārī, “investment”)
- سَرْمَایَۂ عَالَم (sarmāya-e-'ālām, “possessions of the world”)