برصغیر
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Etymology
[edit]Derived from Classical Persian برِ صغیر (barr-e-sağîr), an ezafe compound formed out of بر (barr, “land, continent”) and صغیر (sağir, “small, minor”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bər(ː).e.sə.ɣiːɾ/
- Rhymes: -iːɾ
- Hyphenation: بَرْ‧رِ‧صَ‧غِیر
Noun
[edit]بَرِّصَغِیر • (barrisaġīr) m (Hindi spelling बर्रिसग़ीर)
- (chiefly) Indian subcontinent (a subcontinent in South Asia)
- (literally) subcontinent
Declension
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direct | برصغیر (barr-i-saġīr) | (barr-i-saġīr) |
oblique | (barr-i-saġīr) | (barr-i-saġīrõ) |
vocative | (barr-i-saġīr) | (barr-i-saġīro) |
Related terms
[edit]- بَرِّاَعْظَم (barr-i-a'zam)
See also
[edit]- بَن٘گْلَہ دیش (baṅgla deś)
- بُھوٹان (bhūṭān)
- بھارَت (bhārat)
- سِری لَن٘کا (sirī laṅkā)
- مالْدِیپ (māldīp)
- نیپال (nepāl)
- پاکِسْتان (pākistān)