سپارہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سپاره (sipāra), a compound of سی (sī, “thirty”) +‎ پاره (pāra, “piece; part; portion”). First attested as Middle Hindi سپارہ (sipāra) in 1421 A.D.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɪ.pɑː.ɾɑ(ː)/
• Hyphenation: سِ‧پا‧رَہ

Noun

سِپارَہ • (sipāra) m (Hindi spelling सिपारा)

1. (Islam) [one juz of or wholly] thirty ajza of the Qur'an – the Qur'an.

Declension

Declension of سپارہ
	singular	plural
direct	سِپارَہ (sipārah)	سِپارے (sipāre)
oblique	سِپارے (sipāre)	سِپاروں (sipārõ)
vocative	سِپارے (sipāre)	سِپارو (sipāro)

Related terms

• پارہ (pāra, “portion; piece; one part”)

Further reading

• “سپارہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سپارہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سپاره”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.