إشارة

إشارة

See also: آساره‎ and اشارہ‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ش و ر‎ (š-w-r).

Pronunciation

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Noun

إِشَارَة • (ʔišāra) f (plural إِشَارَات‎ (ʔišārāt))

1. verbal noun of أَشَارَ‎ (ʔašāra) (form IV)
2. sign, signal
3. pointing to
4. allusion
5. Ellipsis of إِشَارَة مُرُور‎ (ʾišārat murūr, “traffic signal, traffic light”).
6. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) advice
7. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) command

Declension

Declension of noun إِشَارَة (ʔišāra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِشَارَة ʔišāra	الْإِشَارَة‎ al-ʔišāra	إِشَارَة ʔišārat
Nominative	إِشَارَةٌ ʔišāratun	الْإِشَارَةُ‎ al-ʔišāratu	إِشَارَةُ ʔišāratu
Accusative	إِشَارَةً ʔišāratan	الْإِشَارَةَ‎ al-ʔišārata	إِشَارَةَ ʔišārata
Genitive	إِشَارَةٍ ʔišāratin	الْإِشَارَةِ‎ al-ʔišārati	إِشَارَةِ ʔišārati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِشَارَتَيْن‎ ʔišāratayn	الْإِشَارَتَيْن‎ al-ʔišāratayn	إِشَارَتَيْ‎ ʔišāratay
Nominative	إِشَارَتَانِ‎ ʔišāratāni	الْإِشَارَتَانِ‎ al-ʔišāratāni	إِشَارَتَا‎ ʔišāratā
Accusative	إِشَارَتَيْنِ‎ ʔišāratayni	الْإِشَارَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʔišāratayni	إِشَارَتَيْ‎ ʔišāratay
Genitive	إِشَارَتَيْنِ‎ ʔišāratayni	الْإِشَارَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʔišāratayni	إِشَارَتَيْ‎ ʔišāratay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِشَارَات‎ ʔišārāt	الْإِشَارَات‎ al-ʔišārāt	إِشَارَات‎ ʔišārāt
Nominative	إِشَارَاتٌ‎ ʔišārātun	الْإِشَارَاتُ‎ al-ʔišārātu	إِشَارَاتُ‎ ʔišārātu
Accusative	إِشَارَاتٍ‎ ʔišārātin	الْإِشَارَاتِ‎ al-ʔišārāti	إِشَارَاتِ‎ ʔišārāti
Genitive	إِشَارَاتٍ‎ ʔišārātin	الْإِشَارَاتِ‎ al-ʔišārāti	إِشَارَاتِ‎ ʔišārāti

Derived terms

• لُغَة إِشَارَة‎ (luḡat ʾišāra, “sign language”)
• إِشَارَة مُرُور‎ (ʾišārat murūr, “traffic light”)

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: اشارة‎ (ʾišāra)
• South Levantine Arabic: إشارة‎ (ʔišāre)
• → Armenian: իշարաթ (išaratʿ)
• → Hausa: ìshār̃ā̀
• → Malay: isarat
  • Indonesian: isyarat
• → Ottoman Turkish: اشارت‎ (işaret)
  • Turkish: işaret
• → Persian: اشاره‎ (ešâre)
  • → Bengali: ইশারা (iśara)
  • → Gujarati: ઇશારો (iśāro)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: इशारा (iśārā)

    Urdu: اِشارَہ‎

  • → Marathi: इशारा (iśārā)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi: ਇਸ਼ਾਰਾ (iśārā)

    Shahmukhi: اِشارہ‎ (iśārh)

• → Swahili: ishara
• → Tausug: isārat

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “إشارة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “إشارة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش و ر‎

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic إِشَارَة‎ (ʔišāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔi.ʃaː.re/, [ʔɪˈʃɑː.rˤɑ]
• IPA^(key): /ʔi.ʃaː.ra/, [ʔɪˈʃɑː.rˤɑ]

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Noun

إشارة • (ʔišāra) f (plural إشارات‎ (ʔišārāt))

1. sign, signal
2. traffic light, stop light