سرمایہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سَرمایه (sarmāya, “capital”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səɾ.mɑː.jɑ(ː)/

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Noun

سرمایہ • (sarmāya) m (Hindi spelling सरमाया)

1. (business, finance) capital
2. wealth; financial means
3. materials, goods, stuff
4. the most important possessions of one's life, the most vital belongings of one's life

   میرے بچے اور میرے شوہر میرے سرمایہ ہیں

   mēre bace aur mēre šauhar mēre sarmāya hai

   my children and my husband are the most important possessions of my life

5. the principle amount of something

Declension

Declension of سرمایہ
	singular	plural
direct	سَرمایہَ (sarmāya)	سَرمایہَیں (sarmāyaẽ)
oblique	سَرمایہَ (sarmāya)	سَرمایہَوں (sarmāyaõ)
vocative	سَرمایہَ (sarmāya)	سَرمایہَو (sarmāyao)

Derived terms

• سَرْمَایَۂ عَالَم (sarmāya-e-'ālām, “possessions of the world”)
• سرْمایَۂ حَیات (sarmāya-e-hayāt, “earnings of a lifetime”)
• سَرمایَۂ مَحفُوظ (sarmāya-e-mahfūz, “savings”)
• تَقسِیمِ سَرمایَہ (taqsīm-e-sarmāya, “capital distribution”)
• سَرمایَہ دارِی (sarmāya-dārī, “capitalism”)
• سَرمایَہ دار (sarmāya-dār, “capitalist”)
• سَرمایَہ کار (sarmāya-kār, “investor”)
• سَرْمایَہ کاری (sarmāya-kārī, “investment”)
• سَرمایَہ پَرَستی (sarmāya-parastī, “money-idolatry”)
• سَرمایَہ دارانَہ (sarmāya-dārāna, “capitalistic”)

References

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