مکسور

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian مکسور (maksūr), from Arabic مَكْسُور (maksūr).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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مَکْسُور (maksūr) (indeclinable, feminine مَکْسُورَہ (maksūra), Hindi spelling मक्सूर)

  1. fractured
  2. (arithmetic) fractional
  3. (grammar) followed by a kasra
    اَوَّل مَکْسُور
    avval maksūr
    first letter [is followed by a] kasra

Further reading

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  • مکسور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • مکسور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مکسور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “مکسور”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.