ہمایوں

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian همایون (humāyūn), from Middle Persian.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ہُمایُوں • (humāyū̃) (Hindi spelling हुमायूँ)

  1. blessed, sacred, fortunate
  2. august, royal, imperial

Proper noun

ہُمایُوں • (humāyū̃) m (Hindi spelling हुमायूँ)

  1. name of several monarchs

Further reading
  • “ہمایوں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “همايون”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “ہمایوں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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