ستمبر

Urdu

Etymology

    Borrowed from Portuguese setembro,[1] influenced by English September[2], ultimately from Latin September. Compare Konkani सेतेंब्र (setembra), Marathi सेप्तेंबर (septembar), सप्तेंबर (saptembar).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    سِتَمْبَر • (sitambar) m (Hindi spelling सितंबर)

    1. September

    See also

    Gregorian calendar months: عِیسْوی تَقْوِیم ('īsvī taqvīm)edit

    References

    1. ^ Snell, Rupert (2003), Teach Yourself Beginner's Hindi Script, McGraw-Hill Companies, →ISBN, page 193: “The month names are spelt in Hindi with dental consonants: this reflects their Portuguese ancestry (words from English being generally spelt with retroflexes).”
    2. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सितंबर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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