قاعدہ
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian قاعده (qā'ida), from Arabic قَاعِدَة (qāʕida). Compare Hindi क़ायदा (qāydā), Punjabi ਕ਼ਾਇਦਾ (qāidā) / قاعِدَہ (qā‘idah), Sindhi قاعِدو / क़ाइदो, Gujarati કાયદો (kāyado), Marathi कायदा (kāydā), Kannada ಕಾಯ್ದೆ (kāyde), Odia କାଇଦା (kāidā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /qɑːj.d̪ɑ(ː)/
Noun
قاعِدَہ • (qā‘ida) m (formal plural قَواعِد (qavā'id), Hindi spelling क़ायदा)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | قاعِدَہ (qā‘idah) | قاعِدے (qā‘ide) |
| oblique | قاعِدے (qā‘ide) | قاعِدوں (qā‘idõ) |
| vocative | قاعِدے (qā‘ide) | قاعِدو (qā‘ido) |
Further reading
- “قاعدہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “qaa'ida”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قاعده”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “قاعده”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.