کمرہ
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese câmara, from Latin camera.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kəm.ɾɑ(ː)/
Audio (Pakistan): (file)
Noun
کَمْرَہ • (kamra) m (Hindi spelling कमरा)
- room, chamber
- compartment (of an aeroplane or train)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | کَمْرَہ (kamrah) | کَمْرے (kamre) |
| oblique | کَمْرے (kamre) | کَمْروں (kamrõ) |
| vocative | کَمْرے (kamre) | کَمْرو (kamro) |
Derived terms
- ہم کمرہ (ham kamra, “roommate”)
Descendants
- → Kashmiri: کَمرٕ (kamrụ)
- → Pashto: کمره
Further reading
- “کمرہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “کمرہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کمره”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 496