کہکشاں

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کهکشان (kahkašân).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): [kɛɦ.kə.ʃɑ̃ː]

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃ː

Noun

کَہْکَشاں • (kahkaśā̃) f (Hindi spelling कहकशाँ)

1. galaxy
2. Milky Way

Declension

Declension of کہکشاں
	singular	plural
direct	کَہْکَشاں (kahkaśā̃)	کَہْکَشائیں (kahkaśāẽ)
oblique	کَہْکَشاں (kahkaśā̃)	کَہْکَشاؤں (kahkaśāõ)
vocative	کَہْکَشاں (kahkaśā̃)	کَہْکَشاؤں (kahkaśāõ)

References

• “کہکشاں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “کہکشاں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.