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Shahmukhi

Shahmukhi proper noun: a variant of the Urdu script, based on the Nastaliq style of the Persian script and adopted to write the Punjabi language in the Punjab region of Pakistan.

Proper noun

Shahmukhi

  1. A variant of the Urdu script, based on the Nastaliq style of the Persian script and adopted to write the Punjabi language in the Punjab region of Pakistan.

Shahmukhi meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi

Shahmukhi in Hindi

Shahmukhi script
शाहमुखी śāhmukhī

Shahmukhi in Urdu

Shahmukhi script
شاہ مُکھی śāh mukhī

Shahmukhi in Punjabi

Shahmukhi script
ਸ਼ਾਹਮੁਖੀ śāhmukhī, شاہ مُکھی śāh mukhī

Origin of Shahmukhi

From Punjabi شاہ مُکھی (śāh mukhī) / ਸ਼ਾਹਮੁਖੀ (śāhmukhī, “from the Shah's Mouth”).

Questions about Shahmukhi

What does Shahmukhi mean?
Shahmukhi means a variant of the Urdu script, based on the Nastaliq style of the Persian script and adopted to write the Punjabi language in the Punjab region of Pakistan.
What is Shahmukhi in Hindi?
Shahmukhi in Hindi is शाहमुखी (śāhmukhī). See Shahmukhi meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Shahmukhi?
Shahmukhi is a proper noun.

Words near Shahmukhi in the dictionary

  1. shahiv
  2. Shahjahanabad
  3. Shahjahanpur
  4. Shahkulu
  5. Shahla
  6. Shahmukhi
  7. shahnai
  8. shahnais
  9. Shahnama
  10. Shahnameh
  11. Shahpur

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