اشارہ

See also: اشاره and إشارة

Urdu

Etymology

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Arabic أَشَارَ (ʔašāra)

Arabic إِشَارَة (ʔišāra)bor.

Classical Persian اِشَارَه (išāra)bor.

Punjabi اِشَارَہ (īśārah)influ.

Urdu اِشَارَہ (iśāra)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِشَارَه (išāra), borrowed from Arabic إِشَارَة (ʔišāra), from أَشَارَ (ʔašāra).

Sense 8 is a semantic loan from Punjabi اِشَارَہ (īśārah, “sign; indicator”).

Pronunciation

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

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• Hyphenation: اِ‧شا‧رَہ

Noun

اِشارَہ • (iśāra) m (Hindi spelling इशारा)

1. gesture, indication, pointing
2. (linguistics) sign; a semantic unit
3. (figuratively) hint, signal, insinuation
4. (by extension) an order, command
5. (figuratively) hint, reference, allusion
6. (literature) a metaphor, simile
7. symbol, emblem (physical or otherwise, of any kind)
9. (chiefly Punjabic Urdu) sign, road sign, directive

   (road transport) traffic signal

   (automotive) indicator, turn signal

10. (grammar, ellipses) a pronoun
11. (Sufism) ineffability, (something unable to be expressed through words). (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Declension

Declension of اشارہ

	singular	plural
direct	اِشارَہ (iśārah)	اِشارے (iśāre)
oblique	اِشارے (iśāre)	اِشاروں (iśārõ)
vocative	اِشارے (iśāre)	اِشارو (iśāro)

Further reading

• “اشارہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (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 ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Ushojo

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic أَشَارَ (ʔašāra)

Arabic إِشَارَة (ʔišāra)bor.

Classical Persian اِشَارَه (išāra)bor.

Punjabi اِشَارَہ (īśārah)influ.

Urdu اِشَارَہ (iśāra)bor.

Ushojo اشارہ

Borrowed from Urdu اِشَارَہ (iśāra).

Noun

اِشارہ (išārah)

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