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Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مشهور (mašhūr), from Arabic مَشْهُور (mašhūr, “famous, notorious”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
مَشْہُور • (maśhūr) (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਸ਼ਹੂਰ)
- famous, well-known, prominent
2001, غلام مصطفى بسمل [Ghulam Mustafa Bismil], پرکھ مہار [Parkh muhār], Lahore: Institute of Punjabi Language and Culture, →OCLC, page 55:عربی دا اک مشہور مقوالا اے- ʻarbī dā ikk maśhūr maqvālā ae
- There is a well-known saying in Arabic
Derived terms
References
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مشہُور”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “مشہور”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مشهور (mašhūr), from Arabic مَشْهُور (mašhūr, “famous, notorious”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
مَشْہُور • (maśhūr) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मशहूर)
- famous, reputed
- Synonyms: نامِی (nāmī), پْرَکھْیات (prakhyāt), وِکھْیات (vikhyāt), مَعْرُوف (ma'rūf), مَقْبُول (maqbūl)
Further reading
- “مشہور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “مشہور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مشہور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.