उर्फ़

Hindi

Alternative forms

• उर्फ (urph) (nuqtaless)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُرْف (ʕurf). Compare Bengali ওরফে (ōrophe).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʊɾf/, /ʊɾpʰ/

Adjective

उर्फ़ • (urf) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling عرف)

1. alias ..., known as ...

   मोहनदास उर्फ़ महात्मा ― mohandās urf mahātmā ― Mohandas also known as Mahatma

See also

• उपनाम (upnām)

References

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