کمیٹی

Urdu

Etymology

Corruption of English committee (possibly through Punjabi کَمیٹی (kameṭī)).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kə.meː.ʈiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: کَ‧مے‧ٹی

Noun

کَمیٹی • (kameṭī) f (Hindi spelling कमेटी)

  1. (literally) committee
  2. (by extension) a committee session; meeting
  3. a municipality
  4. (finance) ROSCA; a money saving scheme

Declension
Declension of کمیٹی
singular plural
direct کَمیٹی (kameṭī) کَمیٹیاں (kameṭiyā̃)
oblique کَمیٹی (kameṭī) کَمیٹیوں (kameṭiyō̃)
vocative کَمیٹی (kameṭī) کَمیٹیو (kameṭiyō)

Further reading
  • “کمیٹی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “کمیٹی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “کميٿي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 849
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