کرشمہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کرشمه (kirišma), probably from Ancient Greek χᾰ́ρῐσμᾰ (khắrĭsmă, grace, favour, gift), from χᾰρῐ́ζομαι (khărĭ́zomai, I show favor), from χᾰ́ρῐς (khắrĭs, grace), from χαίρω (khaírō, I am happy).

Pronunciation

Noun

کَرِشْمَہ • (kariśmam (Hindi spelling करिश्मा)

  1. wonder (ie. marvel)
    Synonyms: مُعْجِزَہ (mu'jiza), (rare) چَمَتْکار (camatkār)

Declension

Declension of کرشمہ
singular plural
direct کَرِشْمَہ (kariśmah) کَرِشْمے (kariśme)
oblique کَرِشْمے (kariśme) کَرِشْموں (kariśmõ)
vocative کَرِشْمے (kariśme) کَرِشْمو (kariśmo)

Proper noun

کَرِشْمَہ • (kariśmaf (Hindi spelling करिश्मा)

  1. a female given name, Karishma, from Persian

Further reading

  • کرشمہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کرشمہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 485