معرکہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian معرکه (ma'raka), from Arabic مَعْرَكَة (maʕraka).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mə(ʔ).ɾə.kɑ(ː)/

Noun

مَعْرَکَہ • (ma'rakah) m (Hindi spelling मारका)

1. battle, battlefield, arena
2. dispute, quarrel

References

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