مواصلات

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُوَاصَلَات (muwāṣalāt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.ʋɑː.sə.lɑːt̪/, /mʊ.ɑː.sə.lɑːt̪/, /moː.ɑː.sə.lɑːt̪/
• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

مُواصَلات or مواصلات • (muvāṣalāt or mūāṣalāt) m (Hindi spelling मुवासलात or मूआसलात)

1. communications, telecommunications

   وِزارتِ مُواصَلات

   vizārat-i muvāṣalāt

   Ministry of Communications

2. satellite

Further reading

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