لحظہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (lahza), itself from Arabic لَحْظَة (laḥẓa).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): [lɛɦ.zɑ(ː)]

Noun

لَحْظَہ • (laḥz̤ah) m (Hindi spelling लहज़ा)

moment, instant
Synonyms: پَل (pal), لَمْحَہ (lamḥa)
- c. 1900, علامہ اقبال [Allama Iqbal], مردِ مسلمان‎:
  ہر لحظہ ہے مومن کی نئی شان، نئی آن
  har laḥz̤a hai momin kī nay'ī śān, nay'ī ān
  Every moment is a glory, a splendour for a believer

Declension

Declension of لحظہ
	singular	plural
direct	لَحْظہ (lahzah)	لَحْظے (lahze)
oblique	لَحْظے (lahze)	لَحْظوں (lahzõ)
vocative	لَحْظے (lahze)	لَحْظو (lahzo)

References

“لحظہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“لحظہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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