عہدہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عهده ('uhda), from Arabic عُهْدَة (ʕuhda). Compare Punjabi ਓਹਦਾ (ohadā), ਅਹੁਦਾ (ahudā) / عہدہ (ʻhdh), اوہدا, Sindhi عَهُدو / हुदो, Gujarati હોદ્દો (hoddo), Marathi हुद्दा (huddā), Telugu హోదా (hōdā).

Pronunciation

Noun

عُہدَہ • (uhdam (Hindi spelling ओहदा)

  1. post, rank, duty, office

Declension

Declension of عہدہ
singular plural
direct عُہْدَہ (uhdah) عُہْدے (uhde)
oblique عُہْدے (uhde) عُہْدوں (uhdõ)
vocative عُہْدے (uhde) عُہْدو (uhdo)

Derived terms

  • عہدہ دار

Further reading

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “عہده”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • عہدہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.