See also: مشهور

Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian مشهور (mašhūr), from Arabic مَشْهُور (mašhūr, famous, notorious).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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مَشْہُور (maśhūr) (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਸ਼ਹੂਰ)

  1. famous, well-known, prominent
    • 2001, غلام مصطفى بسمل [Ghulam Mustafa Bismil], پرکھ مہار [Parkh muhār], Lahore: Institute of Punjabi Language and Culture, →OCLC, page 55:
      عربی دا اک مشہور مقوالا اے
      ʻarbī dā ikk maśhūr maqvālā ae
      There is a well-known saying in Arabic

Derived terms

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References

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

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian مشهور (mašhūr), from Arabic مَشْهُور (mašhūr, famous, notorious).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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مَشْہُور (maśhūr) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मशहूर)

  1. famous, reputed
    Synonyms: نامِی (nāmī), پْرَکھْیات (prakhyāt), وِکھْیات (vikhyāt), مَعْرُوف (ma'rūf), مَقْبُول (maqbūl)

Further reading

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  • مشہور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • مشہور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مشہور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.