مسئلہ

See also: مسئله

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala)

Arabic مَسْأَلَة (masʔala)bor.

Classical Persian مَسْئَلهobor.

Punjabi مَسْئَلَہ

Orthographic borrowing from Classical Persian مَسْئَله, borrowed from Arabic مَسْأَلَة (masʔala), from سَأَلَ (saʔala).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /mə.sə.läː/, [məs.läː]

Noun

مَسْئَلَہ • (mas'ala) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਸਲਾ)

1. problem
2. issue; matter
3. question

Declension

Declension of مسئلہ

	singular	plural
direct	مَسْئَلَہ	مَسْئَلے
oblique	مَسْئَلے	مَسْئَلیاں
vocative	مَسْئَلیا	مَسْئَلیوْ
ablative	مَسْئَلیوْں	–
locative	مَسْئَلے	مَسْئَلِیْں
instrumental	مَسْئَلے	مَسْئَلِیْں

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مسئَلَہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “مسئلہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਮਸਲਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala)

Arabic مَسْأَلَة (masʔala)bor.

Classical Persian مَسْئَلهobor.

Urdu مَسْئَلَہ (masala)

Orthographic borrowing from Classical Persian مَسْئَله, borrowed from Arabic مَسْأَلَة (masʔala), from سَأَلَ (saʔala).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məs.ʔə.lɑ(ː)/, /mə.sə.lɑ(ː)/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /məs.lɑː/
• Hyphenation: مَس‧ءَ‧لَہ

Noun

مَسْئَلَہ • (masala) m (formal plural مسائل, Hindi spelling मसला)

1. problem, issue
2. matter, affair
3. proposition, question

Declension

Declension of مسئلہ

	singular	plural
direct	مَسْئَلَہ (mas'alah)	مَسْئَلے (mas'ale)
oblique	مَسْئَلے (mas'ale)	مَسْئَلوں (mas'alõ)
vocative	مَسْئَلے (mas'ale)	مَسْئَلو (mas'alo)

Further reading

• “مسئلہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مسئلہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.