इसरार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اصرار (isrār), from Arabic إِصْرَار (ʔiṣrār).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɪs.ɾɑːɾ/, [ɪs.ɾäːɾ]

Noun

इसरार • (isrār) m (Urdu spelling اصرار)

1. insistence

   Synonym: आग्रह (āgrah)

2. persistence, perseverance
3. stubbornness, obstinacy

   Synonyms: ज़िद (zid), हठ (haṭh)

Declension

Declension of इसरार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	इसरार isrār	इसरार isrār
oblique	इसरार isrār	इसरारों isrārõ
vocative	इसरार isrār	इसरारो isrāro

Derived terms

• इसरार करना (isrār karnā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “इसरार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press