جمعرات

Urdu

Etymology

From جمعہ‎ (“Friday”) +‎ رات‎ (“eve”), because as per Islamic tradition, the day changes at sunset.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʊ.me.ɾɑːt̪/
  • Audio (PK)(file)
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʊ.mɑ(ːʔ).ɾɑːt̪/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

جُمِعْرات or جُمَعْرات • (jumiʻrāt or jumaʻrāt) m (Hindi spelling जुमेरात or जुमारात)

  1. Thursday

Declension
Declension of جمعرات
singular plural
direct جمعرات‎ (jumiʻrāt) جمعرات‎ (jumiʻrāt)
oblique جمعرات‎ (jumiʻrāt) جمعراتوں‎ (jumiʻrātō̃)
vocative جمعرات‎ (jumiʻrāt) جمعراتو‎ (jumiʻrātō)

Descendants
  • → Gujarati: જુમેરાત (jumerāt)

See also
Days of the week in Urdu · ہفتے کے دن‎ (hafte ke din) (layout · text)
اتوار‎ (itvār) پیر‎ (pīr) منگل‎‎ (maṉgal) بدھ‎ (budh) جمعرات (jumiʻrāt) جمعہ‎ (jumʻah) ہفتہ‎ (hafta)

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