مشترکہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُشْتَرَکَه (muštaraka), itself from Arabic مُشْتَرَكَة (muštaraka, “shared”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊʃ.t̪ə.ɾə.kɑ(ː)/
• Hyphenation: مُش‧تَ‧رَ‧کَہ
• (common) IPA^(key): /mʊʃ.t̪əɾ.kɑ(ː)/
• Hyphenation: مُش‧تَر‧کَہ

Adjective

مُشْتَرَکَہ or مُشْتَرْکَہ • (muśtaraka or muśtarka) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मुश्तरका or मुश्तर्का)

1. shared; combined; joint
   • 1995, افکار [afkār, Thoughts], Karachi, page 58:

     کچھ دیر تک باہر دیکھتا رہا۔ سامنے والے مکانوں کی مشترکہ چھت پر چند کبوتر بیٹھے تھے

     kuch der tak bāhir dekhtā rahā. sāmne vāle makānoṉ kī muśtarkah chat par cand kabūtar baiṭhe the

     He kept watching for some time. There were some pigeons perched on the shared roof of the opposite houses.

Further reading

• “مشترکہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مشترکہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.