إشارة

See also: آساره and اشارہ

Arabic

Root
ش و ر (š-w-r)

Pronunciation

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Noun

إِشَارَة • (ʔišāra) f (plural إِشَارَات (ʔišārāt))

verbal noun of أَشَارَ (ʔašāra) (form IV)
sign, signal
pointing to
allusion
Ellipsis of إِشَارَة مُرُور (ʔišārat murūr, “traffic signal, traffic light”).
(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) advice
(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) command

Declension

Declension of noun إِشَارَة (ʔišāra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِشَارَة ʔišāra	الْإِشَارَة al-ʔišāra	إِشَارَة ʔišārat
Nominative	إِشَارَةٌ ʔišāratun	الْإِشَارَةُ al-ʔišāratu	إِشَارَةُ ʔišāratu
Accusative	إِشَارَةً ʔišāratan	الْإِشَارَةَ al-ʔišārata	إِشَارَةَ ʔišārata
Genitive	إِشَارَةٍ ʔišāratin	الْإِشَارَةِ al-ʔišārati	إِشَارَةِ ʔišārati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِشَارَتَيْن ʔišāratayn	الْإِشَارَتَيْن al-ʔišāratayn	إِشَارَتَيْ ʔišāratay
Nominative	إِشَارَتَانِ ʔišāratāni	الْإِشَارَتَانِ al-ʔišāratāni	إِشَارَتَا ʔišāratā
Accusative	إِشَارَتَيْنِ ʔišāratayni	الْإِشَارَتَيْنِ al-ʔišāratayni	إِشَارَتَيْ ʔišāratay
Genitive	إِشَارَتَيْنِ ʔišāratayni	الْإِشَارَتَيْنِ al-ʔišāratayni	إِشَارَتَيْ ʔišāratay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِشَارَات ʔišārāt	الْإِشَارَات al-ʔišārāt	إِشَارَات ʔišārāt
Nominative	إِشَارَاتٌ ʔišārātun	الْإِشَارَاتُ al-ʔišārātu	إِشَارَاتُ ʔišārātu
Accusative	إِشَارَاتٍ ʔišārātin	الْإِشَارَاتِ al-ʔišārāti	إِشَارَاتِ ʔišārāti
Genitive	إِشَارَاتٍ ʔišārātin	الْإِشَارَاتِ al-ʔišārāti	إِشَارَاتِ ʔišārāti

Derived terms

لُغَة إِشَارَة (luḡat ʔišāra, “sign language”)
إِشَارَة مُرُور (ʔišārat murūr, “traffic light”)

Descendants

Gulf Arabic: اشارة (ʔišāra)
South Levantine Arabic: إشارة (ʔišāre)
→ Armenian: իշարաթ (išaratʻ)
→ Hausa: ìshār̃ā̀
→ Malay: isyarat
- Indonesian: isyarat
→ Ottoman Turkish: اشارت (işaret)
- Turkish: işaret
→ Persian: اشاره (ešâre)
- → Bengali: ইশারা (iśara)
- → Gujarati: ઇશારો (iśāro)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: इशारा (iśārā)
  Urdu: اِشارَہ (iśāra)
- → Marathi: इशारा (iśārā)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਇਸ਼ਾਰਾ (iśārā)
  Shahmukhi script: اِشارَہ (īśārah)
→ Swahili: ishara
→ Tausug: isārat

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “إشارة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “إشارة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش و ر
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic إِشَارَة (ʔišāra).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔi.ʃaː.re/, [ʔɪˈʃɑː.rˤɑ]

IPA^(key): /ʔi.ʃaː.ra/, [ʔɪˈʃɑː.rˤɑ]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)

Noun

إشارة • (ʔišāra) f (plural إشارات (ʔišārāt))

sign, signal
traffic light, stop light

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