انکشاف
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اِنْکِشَاف (inkišāf), from Arabic اِنْكِشَاف (inkišāf).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪn.kɪ.ʃɑːf/
- Rhymes: -ɑːf
- Hyphenation: اِن‧کِ‧شاف
Noun
اِنْکِشاف • (inkiśāf) m (formal plural اِنْکِشافات (inkiśāfāt), Hindi spelling इंकिशाफ़)
- discovery
- revelation (ie. something concealed being revealed)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اِنْکِشاف (inkiśāf) | اِنْکِشاف (inkiśāf) |
| oblique | اِنْکِشاف (inkiśāf) | اِنْکِشافوں (inkiśāfõ) |
| vocative | اِنْکِشاف (inkiśāf) | اِنْکِشافو (inkiśāfo) |
Further reading
- “انکشاف”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “انکشاف”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “انکشاف”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “انکشاف”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.