برصغیر

Urdu

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برصغیر

برصغیر پاک و ہند

Etymology

Derived from Classical Persian (barr-e-sağîr), an ezafe compound formed out of (barr, “land, continent”) and (sağir, “small, minor”)

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bər(ː).e.sə.ɣiːɾ/
Rhymes: -iːɾ
Hyphenation: بَرْ‧رِ‧صَ‧غِیر

Noun

بَرِّصَغِیر • (barrisaġīr) m (Hindi spelling बर्रिसग़ीर)

(chiefly) Indian subcontinent (a subcontinent in South Asia)
(literally) subcontinent

Declension

Declension of برصغیر
	singular	plural
direct	برصغیر (barr-i-saġīr)	برصغیر (barr-i-saġīr)
oblique	برصغیر (barr-i-saġīr)	برصغیروں (barr-i-saġīrõ)
vocative	برصغیر (barr-i-saġīr)	برصغیرو (barr-i-saġīro)

Related terms

بَرِّاَعْظَم (barr-i-a'zam)