नुमाइंदा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian نُمَایَنْدَه (numāyanda).[1] First attested in c. 1649[2] as Middle Hindi نمایندہ (nmayndh).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /nʊ.mɑː.ɪn.d̪ɑː/, [nʊ.mäː.ɪ̃n̪.d̪äː]
- Hyphenation: नु‧मा‧इं‧दा
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
नुमाइंदा • (numāindā) m (Urdu spelling نُمایِنْدَہ)[3][4][5]
- representative, delegate
- Synonym: प्रतिनिधि (pratinidhi)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | नुमाइंदा numāindā |
नुमाइंदे, नुमाइंदगान numāinde, numāindagān |
| oblique | नुमाइंदे numāinde |
नुमाइंदों, नुमाइंदगानों numāindõ, numāindagānõ |
| vocative | नुमाइंदे numāinde |
नुमाइंदो, नुमाइंदगानो numāindo, numāindagāno |
Derived terms
- नुमाइंदगी (numāindagī)
References
More information
- ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “numāindā”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 665.
- ^ “نمایندہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नुमाइंदा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 579
- ^ “नुमाइंदा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नुमाइंदा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2695