کپتان

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from English captain.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kəp.t̪ɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

کَپْتان • (kaptān) m (Hindi spelling कप्तान)

1. captain
2. skipper

Declension

Declension of کپتان

	singular	plural
direct	کَپْتان (kaptān)	کَپْتان (kaptān)
oblique	کَپْتان (kaptān)	کَپْتانوں (kaptānõ)
vocative	کَپْتان (kaptān)	کَپْتانو (kaptāno)

Derived terms

• کپتانی (kaptānī)

References

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