لحظہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لحظه‎ (lahza), itself from Arabic لَحْظَة‎ (laḥẓa).

Pronunciation

Noun

لَحْظَہ • (laḥz̤ah) m (Hindi spelling लहज़ा)

  1. moment, instant
    • c. 1900, علامہ اقبال – Allama Iqbal, مردِ مسلمان‎:
      ‏ہر لحظہ ہے مومن کی نئی شان، نئی آن‎
      har laḥz̤a hai momin kī nay'ī śān, nay'ī ān
      Every moment is a glory, a splendour for a believer
    Synonyms: پَل‎ (pal), لَمْحَہ‎ (lamḥa)

Declension
Declension of لحظہ
singular plural
direct لَحْظہ‎ (lahzah) لَحْظے‎ (lahze)
oblique لَحْظے‎ (lahze) لَحْظوں‎ (lahzõ)
vocative لَحْظے‎ (lahze) لَحْظو‎ (lahzo)

References
  • “لحظہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “لحظہ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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