دیباچہ

Borrowed from Classical Persian دِیبَاچَه (dībāča).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪iː.bɑːt͡ʃ.ɑ(ː)/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

دِیباچَہ • (dībāca) m (Hindi spelling दीबाचा)

1. (literature) preface, foreword

   Synonym: مُقَدَّمَہ (muqaddama)

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