उम्र

See also: उमेर and उमरा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• उमर (umar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عمر ('umr), from Arabic عُمْر (ʕumr).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʊm.ɾᵊ/, [ʊ̃m.ɾᵊ], /ʊ.məɾ/, [ʊ.mɐɾ]

Noun

उम्र • (umra) f (Urdu spelling عمر)

1. age (the number of years one has lived)

   Synonyms: आयु (āyu), वय (vay)

   आपकी उम्र क्या है? ― āpkī umra kyā hai? ― What is your age?

2. lifespan, life

   Synonyms: ज़िंदगी (zindgī), जीवन (jīvan), जीवनकाल (jīvankāl)

   उम्र भर ― umra bhar ― throughout the life

   • 2020, Darshan Kumar Vasan, दर्द के साये [dard ke sāye, Shadows of Pain], Book Rivers, →ISBN, page 51:

     तीरगी के रहे सिलसिले उम्र भर,
     गम रहे ज़िन्दगी नोचते उम्र भर।
     मंज़िलें खोजना दूर की बात थी,
     हम रहे खोजते रास्ते उम्र भर।

     tīrgī ke rahe silsile umra bhar,
     gam rahe zindagī nocte umra bhar.
     manzilẽ khojnā dūr kī bāt thī,
     ham rahe khojte rāste umra bhar.

     Darkness loomed throughout the life,
     Sadness sucked off life, throughout the life.
     It was far-fetched to discover goals,
     we kept searching for paths, throughout the life.

Declension

Declension of उम्र (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	उम्र umra	उम्रें umrẽ
oblique	उम्र umra	उम्रों umrõ
vocative	उम्र umra	उम्रो umro

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “उम्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 131