مہمان

See also: مهمان‎

Baluchi

Noun

مہمان • (mihmán)

guest

See also

میمان‎ (memán)

Urdu

Alternative forms

مہماں‎ (mehmā̃) - poetic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (mehmân).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /meːɦ.mɑːn/, /mɪɦ.mɑːn/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /meːɦ.mɑːn/, /mɪɦ.mɑːn/, [mɛɦ.mɑːn]
- (poetic) (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /meːɦ.mɑ̃ː/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /meːɦ.mɑ̃ː/, [mɛɦ.mɑ̃ː]
Rhymes: -ɑːn, -ɑ̃ː

Noun

مِہْمان • (mihmān) m (Hindi spelling मेहमान)

guest
Antonym: میزبان‎ (mezbān, “host”)

Derived terms

مہمان نوازی‎ (mihmān-navāzī, “hospitality”)

References

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

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