بے شک
Urdu edit
Alternative forms edit
- بیشَک (beśak)
Etymology edit
From بے (be, “without”) + شک (śak, “doubt”). Compare Persian بلا شک (belâ šak, “undoubtedly”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /beː.ʃək/
- Rhymes: -ək
Adverb edit
بے شَک • (be śak) (Hindi spelling बेशक)
- (literally, formal) undoubtedly, without a doubt, totally
- Synonym: یَقِیناً (yaqīnan)
- بے شَک خُدا سَب جانْنے والا ہے۔
- be śak xudā sab jānne vālā he.
- Indeed, God is All-Knowing.
- (colloquial) could, maybe, perhaps, or
- آپ بے شک اس طرف سے چلے جائیں۔
- āp be śak is taraf se cale jāẽ.
- You can go this way if you like.
Further reading edit
- “beshak”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.