کوتھمیر

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀼𑀁𑀪𑀭𑀻 (kutthuṃbharī), from Sanskrit कुस्तुम्बरी (kustumbarī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /koːt̪ʰ.miːɾ/
• Rhymes: -iːɾ
• Hyphenation: کوتھ‧مِیر

Noun

کوتھمِیر • (kothmīr) m (Hindi spelling कोथमीर) (chiefly Deccani, Aurangabad, Gujarat)

1. coriander

   Synonym: دَھنِیا (dhaniyā)

Usage notes

Mostly used in Deccan region (Hyderabad, Aurangabad, etc.) and Gujarat. In Pakistan and North India the common term for coriander is دَھنِیا (dhaniyā).

Declension

Declension of کوتھمیر

	singular	plural
direct	کوتھمِیر (kothmīr)	کوتھمِیر (kothmīr)
oblique	کوتھمِیر (kothmīr)	کوتھمِیروں (kothmīrõ)
vocative	کوتھمِیر (kothmīr)	کوتھمِیرو (kothmīro)

Further reading

• “کوتھمیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “کوتھمیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “کوتهمير”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]