उम्र
Hindi
Alternative forms
- उमर (umar)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian عمر ('umr), from Arabic عُمْر (ʕumr).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʊm.ɾᵊ/, [ʊ̃m.ɾᵊ], /ʊ.məɾ/, [ʊ.mɐɾ]
Noun
उम्र • (umra) f (Urdu spelling عمر)
- age (the number of years one has lived)
- lifespan, life
- Synonyms: ज़िंदगी (zindgī), जीवन (jīvan), जीवनकाल (jīvankāl)
- उम्र भर ― umra bhar ― throughout the life
- 2020, Darshan Kumar Vasan, दर्द के साये [dard ke sāye, Shadows of Pain], Book Rivers, →ISBN, page 51:
- तीरगी के रहे सिलसिले उम्र भर,
गम रहे ज़िन्दगी नोचते उम्र भर।
मंज़िलें खोजना दूर की बात थी,
हम रहे खोजते रास्ते उम्र भर।- tīrgī ke rahe silsile umra bhar,
gam rahe zindagī nocte umra bhar.
manzilẽ khojnā dūr kī bāt thī,
ham rahe khojte rāste umra bhar. - Darkness loomed throughout the life,
Sadness sucked off life, throughout the life.
It was far-fetched to discover goals,
we kept searching for paths, throughout the life.
- tīrgī ke rahe silsile umra bhar,
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | उम्र umra |
उम्रें umrẽ |
| oblique | उम्र umra |
उम्रों umrõ |
| vocative | उम्र umra |
उम्रो umro |
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “उम्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 131