معاشرہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian معاشره (mu'āšara), from Arabic مُعَاشَرَة (social intercourse, companionship).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.(ʔ)ɑː.ʃə.ɾɑ(ː)/, [moɑ̯ː.ʃə.ɾɑː]
• (Punjabic Urdu, Delhi Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɑːʃ.ɾɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: مُ‧عا‧شَ‧رَہ

Noun

معاشرہ • (mu'āśara) m (Hindi spelling माशरा)

1. society
2. community

Declension

Declension of معاشرہ
	singular	plural
direct	معاشرَہ (mu'āśarah)	معاشرے (mu'āśare)
oblique	معاشرے (mu'āśare)	معاشروں (mu'āśarõ)
vocative	معاشرے (mu'āśare)	معاشرو (mu'āśaro)

Synonyms

• سماج (samāj)

References

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