عہدہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عهده ('uhda), from Arabic عُهْدَة (ʕuhda). Compare Punjabi ਓਹਦਾ (ohadā), ਅਹੁਦਾ (ahudā) / عہدہ (ʻhdh), اوہدا, Sindhi عَهُدو / हुदो, Gujarati હોદ્દો (hoddo), Marathi हुद्दा (huddā), Telugu హోదా (hōdā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʊɦ.d̪ɑː/

Noun

عُہدَہ • (uhda) m (Hindi spelling ओहदा)

1. post, rank, duty, office

Declension

Declension of عہدہ
	singular	plural
direct	عُہْدَہ (uhdah)	عُہْدے (uhde)
oblique	عُہْدے (uhde)	عُہْدوں (uhdõ)
vocative	عُہْدے (uhde)	عُہْدو (uhdo)

Derived terms

• عہدہ دار

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “عہده”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “عہدہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.