فرقہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فرقه (firqa), from Arabic فِرْقَة (firqa).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fɪɾ.qɑ(ː)/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: فِر‧قَہ

Noun

فِرْقَہ • (firqa) m (Hindi spelling फ़िरक़ा)

  1. (religion) religious sect
  2. (by extension) faith, religion
  3. community, group
    Synonym: گِروہ (giroh)

Declension
Declension of فرقہ
singular plural
direct فرقہ (firqah) فرقے (firqe)
oblique فرقے (firqe) فرقوں (firqõ)
vocative فرقے (firqe) فرقو (firqo)

Further reading
  • “فرقہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “فرقہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “فرقہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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