परचम
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian پَرْچَم (parčam).[1] First attested in c. 1510[2] as Middle Hindi پرچم (prcm /parcam/).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /pəɾ.t͡ʃəm/, [pɐɾ.t͡ʃɐ̃m]
- Hyphenation: पर‧चम
- Rhymes: -əm
Noun
परचम • (parcam) m (Urdu spelling پَرْچَم)[3][4]
- flag, banner
- 2021, “Lehra Do”, in Kausar Munir (lyrics), Pritam (music), 83 (film), performed by Arijit Singh:
- लहरा दो, लहरा दो
सरकशी का परचम लहरा दो
गर्दिश में फिर अपनी
सरज़मीन का परचम लहरा दो- lahrā do, lahrā do
sarkaśī kā parcam lahrā do
gardiś mẽ phir apnī
sarzamīn kā parcam lahrā do - Wave it, wave it
Wave the flag of resistance
Even in this adversity,
wave the flag of your country
- lahrā do, lahrā do
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | परचम parcam |
परचम parcam |
| oblique | परचम parcam |
परचमों parcamõ |
| vocative | परचम parcam |
परचमो parcamo |
References
More information
- ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “parcam”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 675.
- ^ “پرچم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “परचम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 602
- ^ “परचम”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.