یرغمال

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (yarğamāl), from Chagatai یرغمال (yarğamāl).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jəɾ.ɣə.mɑːl/

Noun

یَرْغَمال • (yarğamāl) m (Hindi spelling यर्ग़माल)

hostage, bail
security

References

“یرغمال”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“یرغمال”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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