لجنہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَجْنَة (lajna).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lə.d͡ʒə.nɑ(ː)/
• (common) IPA^(key): /ləd͡ʒ.nɑ(ː)/
• Hyphenation: لَج‧نَہ

Noun

لَجَنَہ or لَجْنَہ • (lajana or lajna) f (formal plural لجنات, Hindi spelling लजना or लज्ना)

1. committee, association

   Synonym: مَجْلِس (majlis)

2. (Ahmadiyya) an Ahmadi woman (also plural)

Declension

Declension of لجنہ

	singular	plural
direct	لَجْنَہ (lajnah)	لَجْنائیں (lajnā'ẽ)
oblique	لَجْنَہ (lajnah)	لَجْناؤں (lajnāõ)
vocative	لَجْنَہ (lajnah)	لَجْناؤ (lajnāo)

Further reading

• “لجنہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “لجنہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.