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परचम

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian پَرْچَم (parčam).[1] First attested in c. 1510[2] as Middle Hindi پرچم (prcm /⁠parcam⁠/).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /pəɾ.t͡ʃəm/, [pɐɾ.t͡ʃɐ̃m]
  • Hyphenation: पर‧चम
  • Rhymes: -əm

Noun

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परचम • (parcam) m (Urdu spelling پَرْچَم)[3][4]

  1. flag, banner
    Synonyms: झंडा (jhaṇḍā), ध्वज (dhvaj), ध्वजा (dhvajā), पताका (patākā)
    • 2021, “Lehra Do”, in Kausar Munir (lyrics), Pritam (music), 83 (film), performed by Arijit Singh:
      लहरा दो, लहरा दो
      सरकशी का परचम लहरा दो
      गर्दिश में फिर अपनी
      सरज़मीन का परचम लहरा दो
      lahrā do, lahrā do
      sarkaśī kā parcam lahrā do
      gardiś mẽ phir apnī
      sarzamīn kā parcam lahrā do
      Wave it, wave it
      Wave the flag of resistance
      Even in this adversity,
      wave the flag of your country

Declension

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Declension of परचम (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct परचम
parcam 		परचम
parcam
oblique परचम
parcam 		परचमों
parcamõ
vocative परचम
parcam 		परचमो
parcamo

References

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More information
  1. ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “parcam”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 675.
  2. ^ “پرچم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  3. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “परचम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 602
  4. ^ “परचम”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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