سنگ بستہ
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From سَن٘گ (saṅg, “stone”) + بَسْتَہ (basta, “tied, bound”), literally “stone-bound”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /səŋɡ bəs.t̪ɑː/
Adjective
[edit]سَن٘گ بَسْتَہ • (saṅg basta) (Hindi spelling संग बस्ता)
- rocky
- a compound with a stone wall
- (figurative) stable, firm; strong
- (figurative) cruel
Related terms
[edit]- سَن٘گ (saṅg)
References
[edit]- “بستہ سنگ بستہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بستہ&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact سنگ بستہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “سنگ بستہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “بستہ سنگ بستہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.