فورا
Arabic
Etymology
Adverbial accusative of فَوْر (fawr, “overflowing, boiling up”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faw.ran/
Adverb
فَوْرًا • (fawran)
- instantly, immediately
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian فورا (fawran), from Arabic فَوْرًا (fawran).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fɔː.ɾən/
- Rhymes: -ən
Adverb
فَوراً • (faurán) (Hindi spelling फ़ौरन)
- immediately, instantly
- Synonyms: فٹافٹ (faṭāfaṭ), جلد از جلد (jald az jald), جلدی سے (jaldī se)
References
- “فورا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “فورا”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.