उम्र
Hindi
    
    Alternative forms
    
- उमर (umar)
 
Etymology
    
Borrowed from Classical Persian عمر ('umr), from Arabic عُمْر (ʕumr).
Pronunciation
    
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʊm.ɾᵊ/, [ʊ̃m.ɾᵊ], /ʊ.məɾ/, [ʊ.mɐɾ]
 
Noun
    
उम्र • (umra) f (Urdu spelling عمر)
- age (the number of years one has lived)
 - lifespan, life
- Synonyms: ज़िंदगी (zindgī), जीवन (jīvan), जीवनकाल (jīvankāl)
 - उम्र भर ― umra bhar ― throughout the life
- 2020, Darshan Kumar Vasan, दर्द के साये [dard ke sāye, Shadows of Pain], Book Rivers, →ISBN, page 51:
- तीरगी के रहे सिलसिले उम्र भर,
गम रहे ज़िन्दगी नोचते उम्र भर।
मंज़िलें खोजना दूर की बात थी,
हम रहे खोजते रास्ते उम्र भर।- tīrgī ke rahe silsile umra bhar,
gam rahe zindagī nocte umra bhar.
manzilẽ khojnā dūr kī bāt thī,
ham rahe khojte rāste umra bhar. - Darkness loomed throughout the life,
Sadness sucked off life, throughout the life.
It was far-fetched to discover goals,
we kept searching for paths, throughout the life. 
 - tīrgī ke rahe silsile umra bhar,
 
 
 
 
Declension
    
Further reading
    
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “उम्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 131
 
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