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Reformatted from a compilation by Dinesh Prabhu

Abbreviations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Word Origin Abbreviations

A = Arabic

H = Persian

P = Persian

S = Sanskrit

T = Turkish

G = Greek

Grammatical Abbreviations

n.f. = noun, feminine

n.m. = noun, masculine

adj. = adjective

adv. = adverb

intj. = interjection

pron. = pronoun

prep. = preposition

suff. = suffix

pref. = prefix

fig. = figurative

plu. = plural

lit. = literal

poet. = poetic

v. = verb

conj. = conjunction

  A

aab P n.m. water
aab P n.f. splendor/elegance/polish/brightness/temper(steel)/lustre(gems)/sharpness(sword)
aab-e-aa'inah   n.f. polish of a mirror
aab-e-chashm   n.m. tears
aab-e-talkh   n.m. bitter water/tears/wine
aabaad P adj. populated/inhabited/peopled/prosperous/happy
aabru P n.f. honor/fame/good name/dignity
aadaab A n.m. manners (plu. of adab)
aadat A n.f. custom/habit/usage/practice/manner
aadil A adj. just/sincere/righteous
aadmi P n.m. man (lit. offspring of Adam)
aadmiyyat A n.f. humanity/human nature/civility
aafaat A n.f. evils/disasters/misfortunes (plu. of aafat)
aaftaab P n.m. sun
aag H n.f. flame/fire (fig. anger/passion/love/lust)
aaghosh P n.f/m. embrace/lap/bosom
aah P n.f. sigh
aahistah P adv. softly/leisurely/slowly
aa'inah P n.m. mirror
aajiz A adj. powerless/weak/helpless/dejected
aakhaaz P n.m. commencement/outset/beginning
aakhir A adj. last/final
aalaap H n.f. conversation/preparatory tuning
aalam A n.m. world/universe/regions/public/beauty/period
aali A adj. high/sublime/exalted/grand
aalim A adj. learned/wise/intelligent
aam A adj. common/public/general/ordinary (plu. 'awaamm)
aan.ch H n.f. flame/warmth/fervor/loss/grief
aan.chal H n.m. corner of the 'dopaTTa' worn by women
aan.dhee H n.f. dust-storm/hurricane
aan.soo H n.m. tears
aap H pron. self/selves/respectful term of address
aaqibat A n.f. end/conclusion/future life
aaqibat A adv. finally/at last
aaqil A adj. wise/sensible
aaraa P adj. embellishing/adorning
aaraam P n.m. rest/repose/respite/relief/ease/comfort
aara'ish P n.f. decoration/adornment/beauty
aarzoo P n.f. yearning/desire/wish/longing
aas H n.f. longing/desire/hope/faith/shelter/refuge
aasaan P adj. light/facile/easy
aashaa S n.f. desire/hope/longing
aashiq A n.m. lover/suitor
aashiyaan. P n.m. nest/house
aashnaa P n.m. aquaintance/friend/lover
aashuftah P adj. perplexed/careworn/distracted/confused
aasim A n.m. sinner/culprit
aasmaan P n.m. heaven/sky
aasmaani P adj. heavenly/celestial/azure
aasoodah P adj. opulent/rich/satisfied
aasraa H n.m. means of subsistence/protection/shelter
aatish P n.f. fire
aatmaa S n.f. soul/spirit/mind
aawaarah P adj. without home
aawaarah P n.m. wanderer/vagrant/destitute
aawaaz P n.f. noise/sound/cry/shout
aawaazah P n.m. rumor/fame/report/reputation
aayandah P adj. hereafter/in the future
aaz P n.f. ardent desire/lust/covetousness
aazaad P n.f. free/unrestrained
aazardah P adj. annoyed/dejected/uneasy/gloomy/sad
aazim A adj. determined/resolute
aazmaa'ish P n.f. trial/experiment/testing/proving
ab H adv. now/presently
abad A n.f. eternity
abas A adj. useless/profitless/trifling/idle
abd A n.m. slave/servant of God
abnaa' A n.m. sons (plu. of ibn)
abr P n.m. cloud
abroo P n.m. eyebrow
absaar A n.m. eyes (plu. of basr)
abtar P adj. ruined/scattered/worthless
adaa A n.f. payment of debt/settlement
adaa P n.f. charm/grace/beauty
adaalat A n.f. court of justice/tribunal/justice/law
adam A n.m. non-existence/nothing/annihilation
adib A n.m. learned, man of letters (plu. udabaa')
afsaanah P n.m. tale/legend/fiction
afsos P n.m. regret/remorse/dejection
afsurdah P adj. melancholy/depressed
agar P conj. if/in case
aghlaat A n.f. mistakes (plu. of ghalat)
aghyaar A n.m. strangers/rivals (plu. of ghair)
aHzaan A n.m. sorrows (plu. of huzn)
aish A n.m. pleasure/delight/luxury
aiyaash A adj. luxurious/rakish/addicted to pleasure
ajab A n.m. wonder/astonishment
ajab A adj. wonderful/amazing/strange/rare
ajeeb A adj. wonderful/surprising/rare/admirable/unique
ajnabee A n.m. stranger/foreigner/alien
akbar A adj. greatest (sup. of kabir)
akhbaar A n.m. news/newspaper
akhz A n.m. grasping/seizing/taking
aksar A adj. most/much/many/frequent
aksar A adv. frequently/usually/generally/often
al A art. the
aleem A adj. wise/learned
alfaaz A n.m. words (plu. of lafz)
amaanat A n.f. something given in trust/deposit/security
amalan A adv. practically/truly
an.dar P prep. within/inside/inward
andaazah P n.m. measurement/guess/rough estimate
anjaam A n.m. end/conclusion/result/issue
anjuman P n.f. assembly/meeting/society/council
aql A n.m. intellect/reason/knowledge
arjmand P adj. exalted
armaan P n.m. desire/yearning/wish
arsh A n.m. roof/canopy/highest heaven
arz A n.f. land/region/earth
arz A n.f. petition/request/exposition/review
as-haab A n.m. lords/masters (plu. of saahib)
asaas A n.f. foundation
asad A n.m. lion
asar A n.m. mark/sign/trace/effect
asbaab A n.m. causes/motives/means
asfaar A n.m. voyages/travels (plu. of safar)
ashfaaq A n.m. favors (plu. of shafaq)
ashk P n.m. tearS
ashqiyaa' A n.m. cruel/heartless (plu. of shaqi)
asir A n.m. prisoner/captive
asl A n.m. root/foundation/essence (plu. usool)
asli A adj. original/genuine/real/true
asqaam A n.m. evils/weaknesses/defects (plu. of suqm)
asraar A n.m. secrets (plu. of sirr)
aTak H n.f. obstacle/obstruction
atf A n.m. kindness/favor/affection/present
atfaal A n.m. children/offspring (plu. of tifl)
atr A n.m. perfume
aulaad A n.f. children (plu. of walad)
auqaat A n.m. times (plu. of waqt)
auqaat A n.f. status/position
aurat A n.f. woman/wife/nudity
awaam A n.m. populace/common people (plu. of 'aam)
awwaal A adj. first/excellent/best
azaab A n.m. torment/pain/punishment
azal A n.f. eternity/without beginning
azeem A adj. great/high in dignity/large
azeez A adj. dear/beloved/honored/respected/worthy
ba P prep. by/with/from/in/into/to/on/upon/for/upto

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  B

baa P prep. with/by/possessed of
baab A n.m. door/gate/chapter/topic/subject
baabul H n.m. father
baad P n.f. wind/air/breeze
baadah P n.m. wine/spirits
baadal H n.m. cloud(s)
baadiyah A n.m. wilderness/desert
baadiyah P n.m. goblet/cup
baadshaah P n.m. emperor/king
baagh P n.m. garden/orchard/grove
baalam S n.m. a lover/sweet-heart/husband
baam P n.m. upper storey/terrace/balcony
baan P suff. signifying keeper or guardian
baan.kaa H adj. curved/crooked/sly/cunning
baano P n.f. lady/gentlewoman
baaqee A adj. remaining/lasting
baaqee A n.f. residue/remainder/arrears
baar H n.m. time/turn/chance/opportunity/delay/obstacle
baar P n.m. burden/load/permission/grief/court
baarah P n.m. time/turn/about/in regard of
baareek P adj. fine/slender/delicate/difficult/subtle
baarish P n.m. rain
baat H n.f. word/saying/speech/tale/news/question/business proposal/point/gossip/substance
baaz P suff. denotes doer/agent
baaz P n.m. falcon
baaz P adv. again/back/refusing
baazaar P n.m. market
baazaaree P adj. common/low/vulgar/relating to the market
baazi P n.f. sport/game/wager
baazichah P n.m. toy/fun/sport
baazoo P n.m. arm/fold of a door/flank of an army
bachchah P n.m. child
bad P adj. bad/wicked/evil
bad akhtar   adj. unfortunate
bad anjaam   adj. having a bad end
bad chalan   adj. of bad conduct/ill-mannered/immoral
bad du'aa   n.f. curse/malediction
bad khwaab   n.m./f. nightmare
bad m'aash   adj. roguish
bad naam   adj. disreputable/notorious/ignominous
bad naseeb   adj. unfortunate/unlucky
bad sirat   adj. ill-tempered
bad soorat   adj. ugly
bad tar   adj. worse/inferior
badal A n.m. exchange/change/substitution
badan A n.m. body
badlaa   n.m. exchange/retaliation/revenge
badr A n.m. full moon
baghaawat A n.f. revolt/rebellion/disloyalty
baghal P n.f. armpit/side
bahaadur P adj. brave/valiant/high-spirited
baHaal A adj. status quo/refreshed/happy
bahaanah P n.m. excuse/pretext/evasion/reason
bahaar P n.f. spring/prime/bloom/beauty/glory/delight
baHs A n.f. dispute/argument/debate/controversy
bait A n.m. house/abode
bait A n.f. couple/verse
bakhshish P n.f. gift/donation/reward/alms/tip
bakht P n.m. good fortune/luck/prosperity
balaa A n.m. calamity/distress/trial/misfortune
ban.dagi P n.f. devotion/worship/service
ban.dish P adj. composition/elegance of style/plan/obstruction
bandah P n.m. slave/servant/individual/man
baraabar P adj. equal/even/level/alike/opposite/accurate
bardaasht P n.f. endurance/tolerance/patience
baRhiyaa H adj. superior/of good quality/expensive
barkat A n.f. abundance/prosperity/blessing/auspiciousness
barsaat H n.f. rain/rainy season
bas P adj. sufficient/enough/plenty
basar A n.f. sight/vision/the eye
baseraa H n.m. roosting/a night's lodging/shelter
bashar A n.m. man/mortal
basheer A adj. a messenger of good news
bast P n.m. obstacle/knot/asylum/sanctuary
bayaabaan P n.m. desert/wilderness
bayaan A n.m. description/statement/account
bazm P n.f. assembly/company (at a feast or entertainment)
be P pref. without/void of
be aabroo   adj. dishonorable
be adab   adj. rude/unmannerly
be an.daazah   adj. unlimited/endless
be bas   adj. helpless/weak
be chain   adj. restless/uneasy
be daad   n.f. iniquity/injustice/oppression
be daagh   adj. spotless/without blemish/innocent
be dard   adj. without feeling/pitiless/merciless
be fikr   adj. free from care or worry
be gham   adj. happy/without sorrow
be gunaah   adj. innocent/guiltless
be Hadd   adj. endless/boundless
be Hayaa   adj. shameless/impudent/bare-faced
be hosh   adj. unconscious
be hunar   adj. unskilled
be iHtiyaati   n.f. incautiousness
be ikhtiyaari   n.f. helplessness/without choice
be imaan   adj. faithless/liar/cheat
be imtiyaaz   adj. indiscriminating
be insaaf   adj. unfair/unjust
be i'tibaar   adj. untrustworthy/discredit
be ittifaaqi   n.f. discord/disunity
be 'izzat   adj. without honor or respect
be jaan   adj. lifeless
be jurm   adj. faultless
be kaar   adj. idle/unemployed/useless
be kas   adj. friendless/lonely
be khabar   adj. uninformed/ignorant/stupid
be khataa   adj. faultless/innocent
be khud   adj. enraptured/in ecstasy/delirious/senseless
be ma'ni   adj. meaningless/absurd
be naam   adj. without name, character or reputation
be naseeb   adj. unfortunate
be nazir   adj. unequalled/matchless/unique
be pardah   adj. unveiled/immodest/exposed
be parwaa   adj. heedless/indifferent/above want
be qadr   adj. worthless
be qaraar   adj. uneasy/restless/unsettled
be qusoor   adj. innocent/not guilty
be rahm   adj. merciless/cruel
be riyaa   adj. without guile/candid/sincere
be saaz   adj. without tools or apparatus
be sabab   adj. without cause or reason
be sabr   adj. impatient
be sakhtah   adj. artless/unaffected/natural/plain
be sharm   adj. shameless/immodest
be taab   adj. restless/powerless/impatient
be taaqat   adj. powerless
be taasir   adj. ineffectual/useless
be tameez   adj. indiscreet/rude/uncultured
be wafaa   adj. faithless/ungrateful/treacherous
be wajh   adj. without cause
be waqoof   adj. foolish/stupid/dolt
be zaar   adj. disgusted/displeased
be zabaan   adj. dumb/speechless/modest
be zar   adj. destitute/poor
bedaar P adj. awake/alert/vigilant
begaanah P adj. strange/alien/foreign
bezaar P adj. displeased/angry/out of humor
bhool H n.f. forgetfulness/omission/mistake/lapse/fault
bhool bhulayyaan.     a maze/labyrinth
bi A prep. by/with/from/in/into/near/on/for/towards
billaur P n.m. crystal/crystal glass/transparent
bimaar P adj. sick/ill
bisaat A n.f. bedding/carpet/chess board/extent/capacity
bismil P n.m. sacrificial animal/a lover
bistar P n.m. bed
bood P n.f. being/existence
bukhaar A n.m. steam/temperature/fever/rage
buland P adj. high/lofty/sublime/exalted/tall/loud
bunyaad A n.f. foundation
buzurg P adj. great/venerable/aged/noble

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  C

cashm P n.f. eye/hope
chaadar P n.f. a sheet/veil/waterfall
chaah H n.f. desire/love/affection/need/choice
chaal H n.f. gait/walk/custom/trick/strategem
chaalaak P adj. clever/expert/cunning/nimble
chaan.d H n.m. the moon
chaan.dani H n.f. moonlight
chaan.di H n.f. silver/wealth
chaaq T adj. active/alert/healthy/fat/hale and hearty
chaaqoo P n.m. a small knife
chaarah P n.m. remedy/cure/help/aid/resource
chah P suff. used to form dimunitives
chain H n.m. ease/comfort/rest/peace
chakaan. P adj. dropping/distilling
chamak H n.f. glitter/splendour/flash/gleam
chaman P n.m. flower garden
chand P adj. how many/how much/few/how often/how long
charaagaah P n.f. meadow/pasture
charaagh P n.m. lamp
chashm-o-chiraagh   n.m. light of the eye/dearly beloved
chasm-e-baddoor   intj. God preserve from evil eyes!
chasmak P n.m. wink/winking/misunderstanding/spectacles
cheez P n.f. thing/commodity
chehraa P n.m. face/visage/a mask
chilman H n.m. a venetian blind
chitwan H n.f. look/glance/appearance
chust P adj. alert/active/clever/quick/tight

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  D

Daabar H n.m. lake/pond/water pot
daad P n.m. justice/appeal/revenge/praise
daagh P n.m. scar/blemish/stain/calamity/grief/loss
daa'im A adj. perpetual/permanent
Daakaa H n.m. robbery
daakhil A adj. entering
daam P n.m. net/snare
daam H n.m. price/value
daaman P n.m. skirt/foot of a mountain/a lap
daanaa P adj. wise/learned
daanish P n.f. knowledge/science/learning
daanistah P adv. knowingly
daar P n.f. gallows/a piece of wood
daar P suff. having/holding
daar A n.m. house/country
daaraa P n.m. holder/sovereign/king
daaru H n.f. alcohol
daaru P n.f. medicine/remedy
daastaan P n.f. story/fable/tale
daf'a A n.f. time/turn/section/class
dafn A n.m. burial/concealment
Dagar H n.f. path/road
daghaa P n.f. deceit/treachery/delusion
dakhl A n.m. entrance/access/reach/skill
dam P n.m. breath/vitality/moment/edge of a sword
dar P n.m. door/gate/entrance
dar P prep. in/into/within/to/about/by
Dar H n.m. fear
daraaz P adj. long/tall/extended
darbaar P n.m. court (royal)
dard P n.m. pain/affliction/sympathy/compassion
darkhwaasht P n.f. request/petition/appeal
darmiyan P n.m. middle/midst/interval
dars H n.m. sight/view/look
darwaazah P n.m. door/gate
darya P n.m. a large river/sea
dastoor P n.m. custom/usage/manner/rule
daulat A n.f. riches/fortune/happiness/cause/means
daur A n.m. revolving/period/cycle/orbit
dawaa A n.m. medicine
da'waa A n.m. claim/law suit/charge/demand/accusation
da'wat A n.f. invitation/banquet
deedaar P n.m. sight/interview
deedah P n.m. the eye
deen A n.m. faith/religion
deewaanah P n.m. madman
deewaar P n.f. a wall
dil P n.m. heart/soul/courage/generosity/wish
dil aawar   adj. brave/valiant
dil band   adj. charming/attractive
dil chasp   adj. interesting/pleasing/delightful
dil daar   adj. charming/beloved
dil daar   n.m. sweetheart
dil daari   n.f. consolation
dil doz   adj. heart-piercing
dil fareb   adj. charming/alluring/enticing/beautiful
dil figaar   adj. melancholy
dil geer   adj. melancholy
dil kash   adj. attractive/winning
dil kharaash   adj. heart rending
dil lagi   n.f. amusement/diversion
dil nawaaz   adj. soothing (the mind)
dil rubaa   adj. fascinating/alluring
dil rubaa   adj. fascinating/alluring
dil rubaa   n.m. sweetheart
dil shaad   adj. cheerful
dil sokhtah   adj. grieved/suffering
dil soz   adj. touching/pathetic/passionate/ardent
dilaasaa P n.m. consolation/encouragement
dilbar   adj. lovely/sweetheart
dimaagh A n.m. brain/intellect/airs/conceit
diqqat A n.f. difficulty/intricacy/minute point
diyaar A n.m. country/region
door P adj. distant/remote/far
dost P n.m. friend/lover
du'aa A n.f. blessing/prayer/wish
dunyaa A n.f. world/worldly goods
durr A n.m. pearl
durusht P adj. rough/hard/rigid/oppressive/fierce
durust P adj. right/proper/well/safe/precise
dushman P n.m. enemy
dushnaam P n.f. abuse/invective
dushwaar P adj. difficult
duzd P n.m. thief

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  F

faa'idah A n.m. benefit/profit/utility
faa'iq A adj. superior/great
faakhir A n.m. a boaster
faaqah A n.m. starvation/fasting/poverty
faash P adj. apparent/known/notorious
faasilah A n.m. distance/space/separation
faazil A adj. superfluous/accomplished person/virtuous
fahm A n.m. understanding/intellect
faisalah A n.m. settlement/decree/decision
faiz A n.m. liberality/grace/bounty
fakhr A n.m. glory/honor/pride/egotism
falak A n.m. sky/heaven/fortune/fate
faqr A n.m. poverty
fareb P n.m. deceit/trick/fraud
farishtah P n.m. angel/apostle/prophet/messenger
farmaa'ish P n.f. order for goods/requisition/pleasure/will
farmaan P n.m. mandate/order/royal decree
faro P adj. down/below/under
farq A n.m. difference/distance/separation/defect
faryaad P n.f. complaint/cry
farz A n.m. duty/moral obligation/statute
fasanah P n.m. romance/tale/fable
fatwaa A n.m. judicial decree
fauj A n.f. army/crowd/multitude
fauran A adv. immediately/quickly/directly
faza' A n.f. lamentation/wailing
fazl A n.m. excellence/virtue/reward/wisdom
fida A n.m. sacrifice/devotion/ransom/exchange
fidaa'ee A&P n.m. lover
figaar P adj. wounded/sore/afflicted/confused
fikr A n.m./f. opinion/notion/care/concern/anxiety/counsel
firaaq A n.m. separation/anxiety/absence/distance
firdaus A n.m. garden/paradise
fitnah A n.m. sedition/revolt/mischief/temptation
fitrat A n.f. nature/creation/deceit/intrigue/wisdom
fughaan. P n.m. clamor/lamentation/cry of distress
furqat A n.f. separation/disunion/absence (of lovers)
fursat A n.f. opportunity/leisure/rest/recovery
fuwaad A n.m. the heart

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  G

gaihaan. P n.m. the world/the universe
gard P n.f. trifle/dust
gardan P n.f. the neck
gardish P n.f. revolution/circulation/misfortune/vagrancy
garm P adj. hot/burning/ardent/choleric/lively
gawaah P n.m. a witness
gawaahee P n.m. testimony/evidence
gawaaraa P adj. palatable/agreeable/pleasant/nice
gaz P n.m. a yard measure
gazeedah P adj. stung/bitten
geer P adj. taking/holding/seizing/conquering
gesoo P n.m. tresses/locks
ghaa'ib A adj. hidden/absent
ghaalib A adj. victorious/predominant
ghaalib A adv. often/likely/most probably
ghaddaar A adj. disloyal/treacherous
ghaflat A n.f. negligence/drowsiness/stupor
ghair A n.m. stranger/foreigner
ghair A adv. besides
ghair A adj. other/different/alien/bad
ghair A prep. without/except/but/save
ghairat A n.f. honor/modesty/bashfulness/envy/enmity
ghalat A adj. wrong/incorrect/inaccurate
ghaleez A adj. dirty/filthy/gross/coarse/obscene
gham A n.m. grief/sorrow/concern/care
gham deedah   adj. afflicted/grieved
gham gusaar   n.m. comforter
gham khwaar   adj. consoling
ghammaaz A n.m. informer/tattletale/back-biting
gharaz A n.f. intention/meaning/design/view/want
gharib A adj. poor/destitute/strange/innocent/wonderful
ghash A n.m. stupor/fainting
ghaur A n.m. deep thought/meditation/close attention
ghazal A n.f. ode/poem
ghubaar A n.m. vapor/fog/mist/dust/vexation
ghulaam A n.m. slave/boy/youth
ghuroor A n.m. pride/vanity
ghussah A n.m. anger/passion/rage/anxiety/grief
gilah P n.m. complaint/blame/reproach/lamentation
giraan. P adj. precious/costly/dear/important/heavy
girah P n.f. knot/joint/knuckle
girau P n.m. pledge/pawn
gird P n.m. round/circumference/environs
girdaab P n.m. whirlpool/abyss/vortex
giriftaar P adj. captured/seized/smitten/prisoner/captivated
giriyaan. P adj. weeping/crying
giryah P n.m. weeping/lamentation/crying/plaint
gosh P n.m. the ear
goshah P n.m. corner/angle/cell/privacy
goyaa P adj. speaking/eloquent
guftgoo P n.f. conversation/discourse
gul P n.m. rose/flower/ornament/brand
gul badan   adj. delicate/graceful
gul dastah   n.m. a bouquet
gul sitaan.   n.m. rose-garden
gul zaar   n.m. flower-bed/garden
gulaab P n.m. the rose
gulshan   n.m. a flower or rose garden
gum P n.m. lost/missing/distracted
gum gashtah   adj. lost/wandering
gum naam   adj. nameless/anonymous/unknown/inglorious
gum raah   adj. astray/lost/wicked/depraved
gum sum   adj. still/silent
gumaan P n.m. doubt/surmise/fancy/pride/opinion/distrust
gunaah P n.m. fault/sin/crime/guilt
gusaar P adj. taking away/dissipating/removing
gustaakhee P n.f. rudeness/arrogance/audacity
guzaarah P n.m. living/subsistence/passage/abode
guzaarish P n.f. petition/request/explanation
guzar P n.f. a pass/a living/a road
guzeedah P adj. selected/chosen

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