मशवरा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مشوره (mašvara), from Arabic مَشْوَرَة (mašwara).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.ʃəʋ.ɾɑː/, [mɐ.ʃɐʋ.ɾäː]

Noun

मशवरा • (maśavrā) m (Urdu spelling مَشْوَرَہ)

1. advice; consultation; opinion

   Synonyms: नसीहत (nasīhat), सलाह (salāh), तज़वेज़ (tazvez), उपदेश (updeś)

Usage notes

While the term consultation is a bit formal, मशवरा (maśavrā) can be used for formal situations or casual situations.

Further reading

• “मशवरा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “مشوره”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1040