انتہا

Urdu

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Arabic اِنْتَهَى (intahā)
    Arabic اِنْتِهَاء (intihāʔ)bor.
    Classical Persian اِنْتِهَا (intihā)bor.
    Urdu اِنْتِہا (intihā)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian اِنْتِهَا (intihā), borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِهَاء (intihāʔ), from اِنْتَهَى (intahā). First attested in c. 1582 as Middle Hindi انتہا (antha /⁠intihā⁠/).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪn.t̪ɪ.ɦɑː/
    • Rhymes: -ɑː
    • Hyphenation: اِن‧تِ‧ہا

    Noun

    اِنْتِہا • (intihā) f (Hindi spelling इंतिहा)

    1. limit, extent
    2. extreme (ie. the extreme end of a point, scale)
    3. end

    Declension

    Declension of انتہا
    singular plural
    direct اِنْتِہا (intiā) اِنْتِہائیں (intiāẽ)
    oblique اِنْتِہا (intiā) اِنْتِہاؤں (intiāõ)
    vocative اِنْتِہا (intiā) اِنْتِہاؤ (intiāo)

    Derived terms

    • بے اِنْتِہا (be intihā, “endless”)

    References

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

    Further reading

    • “انتہا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Platts, John T. (1884), “انتہا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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