ذریعہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (zarī'a), from Arabic ذَرِيعَة (ḏarīʕa, “pretext”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zə.ɾɪ.jɑː/

Noun

ذَرِیعَہ • (zariya) m (formal plural ذَرَائِع (zarāi'), Hindi spelling ज़रिया)

means, way, agency
source, resource
Synonym: منبع

Declension

Colloquial:

Declension of **ذریعہ**
	singular	plural
direct	ذَرِیعَہ (zariyah)	ذَرِیعے (zariye)
oblique	ذَرِیعے (zariye)	ذَرِیعوں (zariyõ)
vocative	ذَرِیعے (zariye)	ذَرِیعو (zariyo)

Formal:

Declension of **ذریعہ**
	singular	plural
direct	ذَرِیعَہ (zariya)	ذَرائِع (zarāe)
oblique	ذَرِیعے (zariye)	ذَرائِع (zarāe)
vocative	ذَرِیعے (zariye)	ذَرائِع (zarāe)

References

“ذریعہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.