استخلاف

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian استخلاف (istixlāf), from Arabic اِسْتِخْلَاف (istiḵlāf).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪs.t̪ɪx.lɑːf/, [ɪs.t̪ex.lɑːf]
• Rhymes: -ɑːf
• Hyphenation: اِس‧تِخ‧لاف

Noun

اِسْتِخْلاف • (istixlāf) m (indeclinable, Hindi spelling इस्तिख़्लाफ़)

1. heirship, succession

Further reading

• “استخلاف”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “استخلاف”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.