فرقہ
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian فرقه (firqa), from Arabic فِرْقَة (firqa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fɪɾ.qɑ(ː)/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: فِر‧قَہ
Noun
فِرْقَہ • (firqa) m (Hindi spelling फ़िरक़ा)
- (religion) religious sect
- (sociology) cult
- (by extension) faith, religion
- community, group
- Synonym: گِروہ (giroh)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | فرقَہ (firqah) | فرقے (firqe) |
| oblique | فرقے (firqe) | فرقوں (firqõ) |
| vocative | فرقے (firqe) | فرقو (firqo) |
Related terms
- مَذْہَب (maẕhab)
Further reading
- “فرقہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “فرقہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “فرقہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.