شکوہ

Urdu

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Arabic شَكَا (šakā)

Arabic شَكْوَة (šakwa)bor.

Classical Persian شِکْوَه (šikwa)bor.

Urdu شِکْوَہ (śikva)

Borrowed from Classical Persian شِکْوَه (šikwa), borrowed from Arabic شَكْوَة (šakwa), from شَكَا (šakā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɪk.ʋɑ(ː)/, [ʃɪk.wɑː]
• Hyphenation: شِک‧وَہ

Noun

شِکْوَہ • (śikva) m (Hindi spelling शिकवा)

1. grievance, resentment (ie. a complaint)

   Synonyms: شِکَایَت (śikāyat), گِلَہ (gila)

2. (rare, formal) inconvenience (or a complaint due to an illness or pain)

Declension

Declension of شکوہ

	singular	plural
direct	شِکْوَہ (śikvah)	شِکْوے (śikve)
oblique	شِکْوے (śikve)	شِکْووں (śikvõ)
vocative	شِکْوے (śikve)	شِکْوو (śikvo)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian شِکوہْ (šikōh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.koːɦ/
• Rhymes: -oːɦ
• Hyphenation: شِ‧کوہ

Noun

شِکوہ • (śikoh) m (Hindi spelling शिकोह)

1. grandeur; pomp; majesty; magnificence; awe

Declension

Declension of شکوہ

	singular	plural
direct	شِکوہ (śikoh)	شِکوہ (śikoh)
oblique	شِکوہ (śikoh)	شِکوہوں (śikohõ)
vocative	شِکوہ (śikoh)	شِکوہو (śikoho)

Further reading

• “شکوہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شکوہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “شکوه”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]