قراقرم

Urdu

Alternative forms

قَرَہ قُرَم (qara quram)

Etymology

Ultimately from a Turkic language. See Karakoram.

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qə.ɾɑː.qʊ.ɾəm/
Rhymes: -əm

Proper noun

قَراقُرَم • (qarāquram) m (Hindi spelling क़राक़ुरम)

Karakoram (a mountain range located in the regions of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and Ladakh, India).

Related terms

شاہراہِ قَراقَرَم (śāhrāh-e qarāqaram, “Karakoram Highway”)

References

“قراقرم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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