سلسلہ

See also: سلسله and سلسلة

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سلسله (silsila), from Arabic سِلْسِلَة (silsila). First attested in 1707 A.D.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɪl.sɪ.lɑ(ː)/

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• Hyphenation: سِل‧سِ‧لَہ

Noun

سِلْسِلَہ • (silsila) m (Hindi spelling सिलसिला)

1. (literally) chain, shackle

   Synonym: زَنْجِیر (zanjīr)

2. line, sequence, chain (narrow and blended meaning)

   Synonym: قَطار (qatār)

3. series
4. descent (of a dynasty)
5. connection, relation

   Synonyms: تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq), واسْطَہ (vāsta), رَبْط (rabt)

6. (by extension, poetic, figurative) affair, relationship

   Synonym: مُعامَلَہ (mu'āmala)

7. a source of help, assistance

   Synonyms: وَسِیلَہ (vasīla), ذَرِیعَہ (zarī'a)

8. matter (ie. issue)
9. way; method

   Synonym: طَرِیقَہ (tarīqa)

10. (publishing) volume (of a book etc.)

    Synonym: جِلْد (jild)

Declension

Declension of سلسلہ

	singular	plural
direct	سِلْسِلَہ (silsilah)	سِلْسِلے (silsile)
oblique	سِلْسِلے (silsile)	سِلْسِلوں (silsilõ)
vocative	سِلْسِلے (silsile)	سِلْسِلو (silsilo)

Further reading

• “سلسلہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سلسلہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سلسلہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “سلسله”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “سلسلہ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “سلسله”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC