اشارہ
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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اشاره (išāra), from Arabic إِشَارَة (ʔišāra, “sign, signal”), from the Arabic root ش و ر (š w r).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪ.ʃɑː.ɾɑ(ː)/
Audio (PK) (file) - Hyphenation: اِ‧شا‧رَہ
Noun
اِشارَہ • (iśāra) m (Hindi spelling इशारा)
- gesture, indication, pointing
- (linguistics) sign; a semantic unit
- (figuratively) hint, signal, insinuation
- (by extension) an order, command
- (figuratively) hint, reference, allusion
- (literature) a metaphor, simile
- symbol, emblem (physical or otherwise, of any kind)
- (chiefly Punjab) sign, road sign, directive
- (grammar, ellipses) a pronoun
- (Sufism) ineffability, (something unable to be expressed through words). (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
Declension
| Declension of اشارہ | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | اِشارہ (iśārah) | اِشارے (iśāre) |
| oblique | اِشارے (iśāre) | اِشاروں (iśārõ) |
| vocative | اِشارے (iśāre) | اِشارو (iśāro) |
Further reading
- “اشارہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اشاره”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- “اشارہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
Ushojo
Etymology
Noun
اِشارہ (išārah)