اشارہ

اشارہ

See also: اشاره‎ and إشارة‎

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اشاره‎ (išârah), from Arabic إِشَارَة‎ (ʾišāra, “sign, signal”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪ.ʃɑː.ɾɑː/

Noun

اِشارَہ • (iśāra) m (Hindi spelling इशारा)

1. sign, signal
2. symbol
3. gesture, hint
4. indication
5. traffic signal
6. (figuratively) hint, signal

Declension

Declension of اشارہ
	singular	plural
direct	اِشارہ‎ (iśārah)	اِشارے‎ (iśāre)
oblique	اِشارے‎ (iśāre)	اِشاروں‎ (iśārõ)
vocative	اِشارے‎ (iśāre)	اِشارو‎ (iśāro)

References

• “اشارہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “اشاره”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “اشارہ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu اشارہ‎ (išārah).

Noun

اِشارہ (išārah)

1. peach

1. sign, signal
2. symbol
3. gesture, hint
4. indication
5. traffic signal

1. (figuratively) hint, signal