علیحدہ
Urdu
Alternative forms
- عَلٰحِدَہ ('alāhida), عَلاحِدَہ ('alāhida) (dated or obsolete)
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Classical Persian علیحده. Univerbation of Arabic عَلَى حِدَة (ʕalā ḥida, “being solitary”, literally “upon solitude”). Cognate with Bengali আলাদা (alada).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ə.lɛː.ɦɪ.d̪ɑː/, /(ʔ)ə.lɑː.ɦɪ.d̪ɑː/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /ə.ləɦ.d̪ɑː/ [ə.lɛʱ.d̪ɑː]
Adjective
عَلَیحِدَہ • ('alaihida) (Hindi spelling अलहदा)
Related terms
- عَلَیحِدَگی ('alaihidagī)
Adverb
عَلَیحِدَہ • ('alaihida) (Hindi spelling अलहदा)
Further reading
- “علیحدہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “علیحدہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “علٰحده”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.