فرشتہ

See also: فرشته

Urdu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Middle Persian plystk'
    Classical Persian فِرِشْتَه (firišta)bor.
    Urdu فَرِشْتَہ (fariśta)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian فِرِشْتَه (firišta). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi فرشتہ (frśth /⁠firiśta⁠/).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fə.ɾɪʃ.t̪ɑ(ː)/
      • (dated) IPA(key): /fɪ.ɾɪʃ.t̪ɑ(ː)/
    • Hyphenation: فَِ‧رِشْ‧تَہ

    Noun

    فَرِشْتَہ • (fariśta) m (formal plural فِرِشْتَگان (firiśtagān), Hindi spelling फ़रिश्ता)

    1. angel
      Synonym: مَلَک (malak)
    2. (by extension) a messenger, apostle
    3. (figuratively) a pure-hearted, selfless person.
    4. (figuratively) a saviour from God in the form of an angel

    Declension

    Declension of فرشتہ
    singular plural
    direct فَرِشْتَہ (fariśtah) فَرِشْتے (fariśte)
    oblique فَرِشْتے (fariśte) فَرِشْتوں (fariśtõ)
    vocative فَرِشْتے (fariśte) فَرِشْتو (fariśto)

    References

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

    Further reading

    • “فرشتہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “فرشتہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
    • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “فرشته”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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