Urdu Dictionary

ملمع mulammaʻ pass. part. of لمّع 'to be of various colours,' c.; ii of لمع 'to shine,' c.

A ملمع mulammaʻ (pass. part. of لمّع 'to be of various colours,' &c.; ii of لمع 'to shine,' &c.), part. adj. Bright; variegated;—gilded; plated, electro-plated;—specious, plausible;—s.m. A coating of gold or silver; gilding, gilt; plating;—speciousness; imposition;—a poem, the hemistichs or distichs of which are written in Persian and Arabic alternately (and which is allowable as far as ten distichs in each language):—mulammaʻ-sāz, vulg. mulamme-sāz, and mulammaʻ-kār, s.m. A gilder; plater;—a plausible person; dissembler, hypocrite;—adj. Specious, plausible, &c.:—mulammaʻ karnā, v.t. To gild; to plate, electro-plate; to whitewash;—to gloss over; to give a colour to:—mulammaʻ-gar, s.m. A gilder; a plater:—ṭhanḍā mulammaʻ, s.m. Gilding, or plating, without the aid of fire.