مفہوم

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مفهوم (mafhūm), from Arabic مَفْهُوم (mafhūm).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məf.ɦuːm/
  • Rhymes: -uːm
  • Hyphenation: مَف‧ہوم

Noun

مَفْہُوم • (mafhūmm (formal plural مَفاہِیم (mafāhīm), Hindi spelling मफ़हूम)

  1. concept
  2. context; meaning

Declension

Declension of مفہوم
singular plural
direct مَفْہُوم (mafhūm) مَفْہُوم (mafhūm)
oblique مَفْہُوم (mafhūm) مَفْہُوموں (mafhūmõ)
vocative مَفْہُوم (mafhūm) مَفْہُومو (mafhūmo)

Further reading

  • مفہوم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • مفہوم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مفہوم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.