ممبئی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī). Compare Punjabi ਮੁੰਬਈ (mumbaī), Gujarati મુંબઈ (mumbaī), Bengali মুম্বাই (mumbai), Assamese মুম্বাই (mumbai), Kannada ಮುಂಬೈ (mumbai), Malayalam മുംബൈ (mumbai), Telugu ముంబై (mumbai), Tamil மும்பை (mumpai).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

مُمْبَئی • (mumbaī) m (Hindi spelling मुंबई)

  1. Mumbai (a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India)

Synonyms

بمبئی (bambaī)

Derived terms

  • نَوِی مُمْبَئِی (navī mumbaī)

Further reading

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