تخمہ

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian تخمه (tuxma, “descent; extraction, stock”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ʊx.mɑ(ː)/

Noun

تخمہ • (tuxma) m (Hindi spelling तुख़्मा)

1. offspring, descent
2. stock, extraction
3. (figurative) root, origin
4. (figurative) principle

Related terms

• تخم (tuxm)

References

• “تخمہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “تخمہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “تخمہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “تخمہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.