چاند

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀁𑀤 (caṃda), from Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑ̃ːd̪/, /t͡ʃɑːnd̪/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃ːd̪

Noun

چانْد • (cānd) m (Hindi spelling चांद)

1. (astronomy) moon

   Synonym: قَمَر (qamar)

2. (by extension) a lunar month
3. (by extension) the last day of the month.
4. silver
5. a crown.

   Synonym: تاج (tāj)

6. (figuratively) a loved one (a child or love etc.)

Declension

Declension of چاند
	singular	plural
direct	چاند (cānd)	چاند (cānd)
oblique	چاند (cānd)	چاندوں (cāndõ)
vocative	چاند (cānd)	چاندو (cāndo)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• چان٘دْنی (cā̃dnī)
• چان٘دی (cā̃dī)

Further reading

• “چاند”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “چاند”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چاند”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “candrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press