इशारा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اشاره (išāra), from Arabic إِشَارَة (ʔišāra, sign, signal). Compare Punjabi ਇਸ਼ਾਰਾ (iśārā) / اِشارَہ (īśārah), Gujarati ઇશારો (iśāro), Marathi इशारा (iśārā), Bengali ইশারা (iśara).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɪ.ʃɑː.ɾɑː/, [ɪ.ʃäː.ɾäː]

Noun

इशारा • (iśārā) m (Urdu spelling اِشارَہ)

  1. gesture, sign, hint
    Synonym: संकेत (saṅket)
    अक़्लमंद को इशारा काफ़ी है।
    aqlamand ko iśārā kāfī hai.
    A gesture is sufficient for the wise.

Declension

Derived terms

References

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اشاره (išāra), from Arabic إِشَارَة (ʔišāra, sign, signal). Compare Gujarati ઇશારો (iśāro), Hindustani اِشارَہ (iśāra) / इशारा (iśārā), Punjabi ਇਸ਼ਾਰਾ (iśārā) / اِشارہ (īśārh), Bengali ইশারা (iśara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.ɕa.ɾa/

Noun

इशारा • (iśārā) m

  1. warning
    Synonym: ताकीद (tākīd)

Derived terms

  • इशारा देणे (iśārā deṇe, to give a warning)

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “इशारा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “इशारत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “इशारत,_इशारा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
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