مشہوری

Urdu

Etymology

From مَشْہُور (maśhūr, “famous; renowned”) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məʃ.ɦuː.ɾiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: مَشْ‧ہُو‧ری

Noun

مَشْہُوری • (maśhūrī) f (Hindi spelling मशहूरी)

1. fame, notoriety

   Synonym: شُہْرَت (śuhrat)

   Antonym: بَدْنامی (badnāmī)

2. (broadcasting, colloquial) advertisement (chiefly video adverts)

   Synonym: اِشْتِہار (iśtihār)

Declension

Declension of مشہوری
	singular	plural
direct	مَشْہُوری (maśhūrī)	مَشْہُورِیاں (maśhūriyā̃)
oblique	مَشْہُوری (maśhūrī)	مَشْہُورِیوں (maśhūriyō̃)
vocative	مَشْہُوری (maśhūrī)	مَشْہُورِیو (maśhūriyō)

Further reading

• “مشہوری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مشہوری”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مشہور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.