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اشارہ

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See also: اشاره and إشارة

Urdu

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Arabic أَشَارَ (ʔašāra)
    Arabic إِشَارَة (ʔišāra)bor.
    Classical Persian اِشَارَه (išāra)bor.
    Punjabi اِشَارَہ (īśārah)influ.
    Urdu اِشَارَہ (iśāra)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian اِشَارَه (išāra), borrowed from Arabic إِشَارَة (ʔišāra), from أَشَارَ (ʔašāra).

    Sense 8 is a semantic loan from Punjabi اِشَارَہ (īśārah, “sign; indicator”).

    Pronunciation

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    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪ.ʃɑː.ɾɑ(ː)/
    • Audio (Pakistan):(file)
    • Hyphenation: اِ‧شا‧رَہ

    Noun

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    اِشارَہ • (iśāra) m (Hindi spelling इशारा)

    1. gesture, indication, pointing
    2. (linguistics) sign; a semantic unit
    3. (figuratively) hint, signal, insinuation
    4. (by extension) an order, command
    5. (figuratively) hint, reference, allusion
    6. (literature) a metaphor, simile
    7. symbol, emblem (physical or otherwise, of any kind)
    9. (chiefly Punjabic Urdu) sign, road sign, directive
      (road transport) traffic signal
      (automotive) indicator, turn signal
    10. (grammar, ellipses) a pronoun
    11. (Sufism) ineffability, (something unable to be expressed through words). (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

    Declension

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        Declension of اشارہ
    singular plural
    direct اِشارَہ (iśārah) اِشارے (iśāre)
    oblique اِشارے (iśāre) اِشاروں (iśārõ)
    vocative اِشارے (iśāre) اِشارو (iśāro)

    Further reading

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    • “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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

    Ushojo

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    Etymology

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      Etymology tree
      Arabic أَشَارَ (ʔašāra)
      Arabic إِشَارَة (ʔišāra)bor.
      Classical Persian اِشَارَه (išāra)bor.
      Punjabi اِشَارَہ (īśārah)influ.
      Urdu اِشَارَہ (iśāra)bor.
      Ushojo اشارہ

      Borrowed from Urdu اِشَارَہ (iśāra).

      Noun

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      اِشارہ (išārah)

      1. peach
      2. sign, signal
      3. symbol
      4. gesture, hint
      5. indication
      6. traffic signal
      7. (figuratively) hint, signal
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