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کالی جمعرات

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Urdu

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Etymology

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    From کَالی (kālī, black) +‎ جُمِعْرَات (jumi'rāt, Thursday), literally a black Thursday.

    Pronunciation

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    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kɑː.liː d͡ʒʊ.mɪʔ.ɾɑːt̪/, [kɑː.liː d͡ʒʊ.meː.ɾɑːt̪]

    Noun

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    کَالی جُمِعْرَات (kālī jumi'rātf (Hindi spelling काली जुमेरात) (idiomatic)

    1. the first of never (a hypothetical day for fulfilment of promise)
      • 2002, Abid Tahami, اِلَیکْشَین، ۲ [ilaikśain, 2, Election, 2], →OCLC, page 228:
        اخبار ساؤتھ ایشیا ٹربیون کے مطابق 10 اکتوبر مشرف کیلئے کالی جمعرات ثابت ہوا ہے۔
        axbār sāuth eśiyā ṭiribiyūn ke mutābiq 10 aktūbar muśarraf kelie kālī jumi'rāt sābit huā hai.
        According to the newspaper the South Asia Tribune, the 10th of October has proved to be the first of never for Musharraf.
    2. doomsday

    Declension

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    Declension of کالی جمعرات
    singular plural
    direct کَالی جُمِعْرَات (kālī jumi'rāt) کَالی جُمِعْرَاتیں (kālī jumi'rātẽ)
    oblique کَالی جُمِعْرَات (kālī jumi'rāt) کَالی جُمِعْرَاتوں (kālī jumi'rātõ)
    vocative کَالی جُمِعْرَات (kālī jumi'rāt) کَالی جُمِعْرَاتو (kālī jumi'rāto)

    Derived terms

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    Further reading

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    • کالی+جمعرات”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    • kaalii-jume'raat”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Platts, John T. (1884) “جمعرات”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.