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civilian meaning in Urdu

سویلین

/sɪˈvɪl.jən/

civilian in Urdu: سویلین. In English, civilian means a person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.

Urdu words for civilian

سویلین

English meaning of civilian

  1. noun A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.
  2. noun A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity, an outsider.
  3. noun One skilled in civil law.
  4. noun A student of civil law at a university or college.

Full definition of civilian

civilian in a sentence

  • Three civilians were apprehended by the soldiers and taken away in a military vehicle.
  • The bathroom was for employees only, so civilians weren't allowed to use it.
  • The three detainees were actually army defectors wearing civilian clothing.

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Questions about civilian in Urdu

What is the meaning of civilian in Urdu?
Civilian in Urdu is سویلین.
civilian کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Civilian: سویلین.
What does civilian mean in English?
Civilian means a person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.

Source and license

Urdu words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “civilian”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: civilian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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