فورا

Arabic

Root
ف و ر (f-w-r)

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of فَوْر (fawr, “overflowing, boiling up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faw.ran/

Adverb

فَوْرًا • (fawran)

1. instantly, immediately

Descendants

• → Persian: فورا (fawran)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਫੌਰਨ (phauran)

    Shahmukhi script: فَوراً (fauran)

  • → Urdu: فَوراً (fauran)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فورا (fawran), from Arabic فَوْرًا (fawran).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fɔː.ɾən/
• Rhymes: -ən

Adverb

فَوراً • (fauran) (Hindi spelling फ़ौरन)

1. immediately, instantly, urgently, promptly, rapidly, instantaneously

   Synonyms: فٹافٹ (faṭāfaṭ), جھٹ پٹ (jhaṭ-paṭ), جلد (jald)

Related terms

• فوری (fauri, “immediate”)
• فوراً سے پیشتر (fauran-se-peśtar, “at once”)

References

• “فورا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “فورا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.