Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Hindi پچھم (pchm /paccham/) (c. 1736),[1], a semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit पश्चिम (paścima).[2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
پَچَّھم • (paccham) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling पच्छम)
- west; Western
- Synonyms: مَغْرِب (maġrib), مَغْرِبی (maġribī), پَشْچِم (paścim)
Noun
پَچَّھم • (paccham) m (Hindi spelling पच्छम)
- the west
- Synonyms: مَغْرِب (maġrib), پَشْچِم (paścim)
- the West; a Western country
- Synonyms: مَغْرِب (maġrib), پَشْچِم (paścim)
Declension
Declension of پچھم
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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پَچَّھم (paccham)
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پَچَّھم (paccham)
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| oblique
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پَچَّھم (paccham)
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پَچَّھموں (pacchamõ)
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| vocative
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پَچَّھم (paccham)
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پَچَّھمو (pacchamo)
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See also
compass points (2): [edit]
References
- ^ “پچھم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “paścimā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 451
Further reading
- “پچھم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “پچھم”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]