ہندسہ
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian هَنْدَسَه (handasa), from Arabic هَنْدَسَة (handasa), itself a Middle Persian borrowing. Doublet of اَنْدَازَہ (andāza).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦɪn.d̪ɪ.sɑ(ː)/
- (archaic) IPA(key): /ɦən.d̪ə.sɑ(ː)/
- (common) IPA(key): [ɦɪ̃nd̪.sɑː]
- (Punjabic Urdu) IPA(key): [ɦɪ̃nᵈ.sɑː]
- Hyphenation: ہِن‧دِ‧سَہ
Noun
ہِنْدِسَہ or ہِنْدْسَہ • (hindisa or hindsa) m (Hindi spelling हिंदसा)
- (arithmetic) a digit (ie. a number; numeral)
- (literally) geometry
- engineering
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ہِنْدِسَہ (hindisah) | ہِنْدِسے (hindise) |
| oblique | ہِنْدِسے (hindise) | ہِنْدِسوں (hindisõ) |
| vocative | ہِنْدِسے (hindise) | ہِنْدِسو (hindiso) |
Related terms
- مُہَنْدِس (muhandis)
- مُہَنْدِسی (muhandisī)
Further reading
More information
- “ہندسہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “ہندسہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ہندسہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “هندسه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1236
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “ﮩندسه”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1206
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