Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian مشوره (mašvara), from Arabic مَشْوَرَة (mašwara).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məʃ.ʋə.ɾɑ(ː)/, /məʃ.wə.ɾɑ(ː)/
  • Hyphenation: مَش‧وَ‧رَہ

Noun

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مَشْوَرَہ (maśvaram (Hindi spelling मशवरा)

  1. advice; consultation; opinion
    Synonyms: نَصِیحَت (nasīhat), صَلاح (salāh), تَجْویز (tajvez), اُپْدیش (updeś)

Usage notes

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While the term consultation is a bit formal, مَشْوَرَہ (maśvara) can be used for formal situations or casual situations.

Declension

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Declension of مشورہ
singular plural
direct مَشْوَرَہ (maśvarah) مَشْوَرے (maśvare)
oblique مَشْوَرے (maśvare) مَشْوَروں (maśvarõ)
vocative مَشْوَرے (maśvare) مَشْوَرو (maśvaro)

Descendants

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  • Phalura: mašwará, مشورہ

Further reading

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  • مشورہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • مشورہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مشورہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “مشوره”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1040