سرمایہ

From Classical Persian سَرمایه‎ (sarmāya, “capital”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səɾ.mɑː.jᵊ/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /səɾ.mɑː.jᵊ/

سرمایہ • (sarmāya) ?

1. (business, finance) capital
2. wealth; financial means
3. materials, goods, stuff
4. the most important possessions of one's life, the most vital belongings of one's life

   ‏میرے بچے اور میرے شوہر میرے سرمایہ ہیں‎

   mēre bace aur mēre šauhar mēre sarmāya hai

   my children and my husband are the most important possessions of my life

5. the principle amount of something

• سَرْمَایَۂ عَالَم‎ (sarmāya-e-'ālām, “possessions of the world”)
• سرْمایَۂ حَیات‎ (sarmāya-e-hayāt, “earnings of a lifetime”)
• سَرمایَۂ مَحفُوظ‎ (sarmāya-e-mahfūz, “savings”)
• تَقسِیمِ سَرمایَہ‎ (taqsīm-e-sarmāya, “capital distribution”)
• سَرمایَہ دارِی‎ (sarmāya-dārī, “capitalism”)
• سَرمایَہ دار‎ (sarmāya-dār, “capitalist”)
• سَرمایَہ کار‎ (sarmāya-kār, “investor”)
• سَرْمایَہ کاری‎ (sarmāya-kārī, “investment”)
• سَرمایَہ پَرَستی‎ (sarmāya-parastī, “money-idolatry”)
• سَرمایَہ دارانَہ‎ (sarmāya-dārāna, “capitalistic”)

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