نصرانی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَصْرَانِي‎ (naṣrānī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nəs.ɾɑː.niː/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /nəs.ɾɑː.niː/
Rhymes: -ɑː.niː

Noun

نصرانی • (nasrānī) m or f (plural نصاریٰ‎, Hindi spelling नसरानी) (rare)

(Islam) Christian
Synonyms: عیسائی‎ (īsāī), مسیحی‎ (masīhī)
Saint Thomas Christian (Mar Thoma Nasrani)
Synonyms: مار توما مسیحی‎ (mār tomā masīhī), ملنکرا نصرانی‎ (malaṅkarā nasrānī)

References

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

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