عرشی

See also: عرشي, عرشى, and عرشۍ

Urdu

Etymology

From عَرْش ('arś, “sky”) +‎ ـی (-ī). Compare Arabic عَرْشِيّ (ʕaršiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)əɾ.ʃiː/

Noun

عَرْشی • (ʻarśī) m (formal plural عَرْشِیان ('arśiyān), Hindi spelling अर्शी)

1. (related to) sky, heaven, throne
2. heavenly, celestial, empyrean, ethereal, astral, sublime, divine
3. angel
4. one who comes from the highest heaven
5. the star which is located at highest sky

References

• “عرشی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “عرشی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.