کمرہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese câmara, from Latin camera.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kəm.ɾɑ(ː)/
  • Audio (Pakistan):(file)

Noun

کَمْرَہ • (kamram (Hindi spelling कमरा)

  1. room, chamber
    Synonyms: اُتاق (utāq), حُجْرَہ (hujra), کَکْشَہ (kakśa)
    تمہاری چیزیں میرے کمرے میں ہیں۔
    tumhārī cīzẽ mere kamre mẽ ha͠i.
    Your things are in my room.
  2. compartment (of an aeroplane or train)

Declension

Declension of کمرہ
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