نصرانی

Urdu

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic نَصْرَانِيّ (naṣrāniyy).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nəs.ɾɑː.niː/
• Rhymes: -iː, -ɑː.niː

Noun

نَصْرانی • (nasrānī) m or f (formal plural نصاریٰ, Hindi spelling नसरानी) (rare)

1. (Islam) Christian

   Synonyms: عِیسائی ('īsāī), مَسِیحی (masīhī)

2. Saint Thomas Christian (Mar Thoma Nasrani)

   Synonyms: مار توما مسیحی (mār tomā masīhī), ملنکرا نصرانی (malaṅkarā nasrānī)

References

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