مشہور

See also: مشهور

Punjabi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: maśū̀r IPA^(key): /mə.ʃuː˨ɾə̆/

Adjective

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

• مَشْہُوری (maśhūrī)

References

• 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məʃ.ɦuːɾ/
• (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): [mə.ʃuːɾ]

• Audio (India):

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• Rhymes: -uːɾ
• Hyphenation: مَش‧ہُور

Adjective

مَشْہُور • (maśhūr) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मशहूर)

1. famous, reputed

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

Further reading

• “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.