مشورہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مشوره (mašvara), from Arabic مَشْوَرَة (mašwara).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məʃ.ʋə.ɾɑ(ː)/, /məʃ.wə.ɾɑ(ː)/
  • Hyphenation: مَش‧وَ‧رَہ

Noun

مَشْوَرَہ • (maśvara) m (Hindi spelling मशवरा)

  1. advice; consultation; opinion
    Synonyms: نَصِیحَت (nasīhat), صَلاح (salāh), تَجْویز (tajvez), اُپْدیش (updeś)

Usage notes

While the term consultation is a bit formal, مَشْوَرَہ (maśvara) can be used for formal situations or casual situations.

Declension
Declension of مشورہ
singular plural
direct مَشْوَرہ (maśvarah) مَشْوَرے (maśvare)
oblique مَشْوَرے (maśvare) مَشْوَروں (maśvarõ)
vocative مَشْوَرے (maśvare) مَشْوَرو (maśvaro)

Descendants
  • → Phalura: mašwará, مشورہ

Further reading
  • “مشورہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “مشورہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مشورہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “مشوره”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1040
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