مسئلہ

See also: مسئله

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu مَسْئَلَہ (mas'ala), ultimately from Arabic مَسْأَلَة (masʔala) (through Classical Persian مسئله (mas'ala)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /məs(ə̆).läː/

Noun

مَسْئَلَہ • (mas'ala) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਸਲਾ)

1. issue, matter, problem
2. question

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مسئَلَہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “مسئلہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مسئله (mas'ala), itself from Arabic مَسْأَلَة (masʔala).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məs.ʔə.lɑ(ː)/, /mə.sə.lɑ(ː)/

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• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /məs.lɑː/
• Hyphenation: مَس‧ءَ‧لَہ

Noun

مَسْئَلَہ • (mas'ala) m (formal plural مسائل, Hindi spelling मसला)

1. problem, issue
2. matter, affair
3. proposition, question

Declension

Declension of مسئلہ
	singular	plural
direct	مَسْئَلہ (mas'alah)	مَسْئَلے (mas'ale)
oblique	مَسْئَلے (mas'ale)	مَسْئَلوں (mas'alõ)
vocative	مَسْئَلے (mas'ale)	مَسْئَلو (mas'alo)

Further reading

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