گرہن

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ग्रहण (grahaṇa).

Pronunciation

Noun

گْرَہَن • (grahan) m (Hindi spelling ग्रहण)

  1. (astronomy) eclipse
    Hyponyms: (lunar eclipse) خُسُوف‎ (xusūf), (solar eclipse) کُسُوف‎ (kusūf)

Declension
Declension of گرہن
singular plural
direct گْرَہَن‎ (grahan) گْرَہَن‎ (grahan)
oblique گْرَہَن‎ (grahan) گْرَہَنوں‎ (grahanō̃)
vocative گْرَہَن‎ (grahan) گْرَہَنو‎ (grahanō)

Further reading
  • “گرہن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “گرہَن”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “گہن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 536
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “گرهن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 907
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