ذریعہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذَرِيعَة (ḏarīʕa, “pretext”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zə.ɾɪ.jɑː/

Noun

ذَرِیعَہ • (zariya) m (Hindi spelling ज़रिया)

1. means, way, agency

Declension

Declension of ذریعہ

	singular	plural
direct	ذَرِیعَہ (ẕariy’ah)	ذَرِیعے (ẕariy’e)
oblique	ذَرِیعے (ẕariy’e)	ذَرِیعوں (ẕariy’õ)
vocative	ذَرِیعے (ẕariy’e)	ذَرِیعو (ẕariy’o)

References

• “ذریعہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.