علاقہ

See also: علاقة

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic عَلَاقَة (ʕalāqa)bor.

Classical Persian عِلَاقَه (ilāqa)bor.

Urdu علاقہ

Borrowed from Classical Persian عِلَاقَه (ilāqa), from Arabic عَلَاقَة (ʕalāqa). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi علاقہ ('laqh).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ɪ.lɑː.qɑ(ː)/
• Hyphenation: عِ‧لا‧قَہ

Noun

عِلاقَہ • ('ilāqa) m (formal plural عَلائِق ('alāiq) or عِلَاقَہ جَات ('ilāqa jāt), Hindi spelling इलाक़ा)

1. area (ie. locality; jurisdiction)

   Synonyms: اَنْچَل (ancal), زون (zon)

2. (by extension):
   1. part
   2. department
3. (mathematics) area (of a shape)
4. affinity; connection
5. living (ie. earning; employment)

Declension

Declension of علاقہ
	singular	plural
direct	عِلاقَہ ('ilāqah)	عِلاقے ('ilāqe)
oblique	عِلاقے ('ilāqe)	عِلاقوں ('ilāqõ)
vocative	عِلاقے ('ilāqe)	عِلاقو ('ilāqo)

References

1. “علاقہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.